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Wikipedia: The Templo Mayor was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called the huey teocalli in the Nahuatl language and dedicated simultaneously to two gods, Huitzilopochtli, god of war and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture, each of which had a shrine at the top of the pyramid with separate staircases.
![[Scale model of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan showing the various stages as it was enlarged over time]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ScaleModelTemploMayor_s.jpg "Scale model of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan showing the various stages as it was enlarged over time")
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![[Scale model of the twin main temple of Tenochtitlan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rekonstruktion_Tempelbezirk_von_Tenochtitlan_2_Templo_Mayor_3_s.jpg "Scale model of the twin main temple of Tenochtitlan")
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![[Situation of the Templo Mayor in the central district of Tenochtitlan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TenochtitlanModel_s.jpg "Situation of the Templo Mayor in the central district of Tenochtitlan")
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![[Inside the protected area of the Eagle Building of the Templo Mayor complex in Mexico City]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/InsideEagleBuildingTemploMayor_s.jpg "Inside the protected area of the Eagle Building of the Templo Mayor complex in Mexico City")
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![[Wall display of stone masks found at the Templo Mayor site on display at the Templo Mayor museum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/StoneMasksTemploMayor_s.jpg "Wall display of stone masks found at the Templo Mayor site on display at the Templo Mayor museum")
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![[Stone offering box and contents found at the Templo Mayor.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/OfferingBoxTemploMayor_s.jpg "Stone offering box and contents found at the Templo Mayor.")
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![[Close up of bas reliefs of eagle warriors in the Eagle building of the Templo Mayor complex]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CloseupEagleWarriorsTemploMayor_s.jpg "Close up of bas reliefs of eagle warriors in the Eagle building of the Templo Mayor complex")
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![[Flint blades on display at the museum of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PederalesTemploMayor_s.jpg "Flint blades on display at the museum of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City")
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![[Disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxauhqui which was found during construction in 1978]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coyolxauhqui_4095977415_b89d64f008_2_s.jpg "Disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxauhqui which was found during construction in 1978")
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