Tenayuca

Tenayuca ( ) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. It was located approximately to the northwest of Tenochtitlan (the heart of present-day Mexico City).

Key facts

Religious building.building_name: Pyramid of Tenayuca
Religious building.image: Tenayuca.jpg
Religious building.image_size: 300px
Religious building.caption: The Aztec pyramid of Tenayuca
Religious building.location: Greater Mexico City
Religious building.region: Valley of Mexico
Religious building.state: Mexico State
Religious building.municipality: Tlalnepantla de Baz
Religious building.functional_status: preserved, with museum
Religious building.website: Tenayuca at INAH
Religious building.architecture: yes
Religious building.architecture_type

Article

10 sections

Contents

Etymology
Location
History
Genesis of Aztec sacred architecture
Site layout and description
Photo gallery
See also
Notes
References
External links

Tenayuca is considered to be the earliest capital city of the Chichimec, nomadic tribes who migrated and settled in the Valley of Mexico, where they formed their own empire.