Great Temple (Templo Mayor)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Temple_(Templo_Mayor)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Aztec temple
gptkbp:address gptkb:Seminario_8,_Centro_Histórico,_Mexico_City
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite yes
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Aztec_Empire
gptkb:Moctezuma_II
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Aztecs
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1325
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Huitzilopochtli
gptkb:Tlaloc
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Spanish_conquistadors
1521
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1978
gptkbp:features twin staircases
two shrines at the top
gptkbp:function human sacrifice
religious ceremonies
political center
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Templo_Mayor_Museum
gptkbp:height approximately 60 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Temple (Templo Mayor)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mexico_City
gptkb:Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Coyolxauhqui_Stone
gptkb:Eagle_Warrior_monument
sacrificial offerings
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Sacred_Precinct_of_Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:rebuiltSeveralTimes yes
gptkbp:status ruins
gptkbp:symbolizes center of the universe in Aztec cosmology
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Historic_Centre_of_Mexico_City_and_Xochimilco
1987
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Massacre_in_the_Great_Temple
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6