Great Pyramid o Cholula

Great Pyramid o Cholula
Tlachihualtepetl

Frae a distance the pyramid leuks lik a naitural hill tapped bi a kirk
Location within Mexico the day
Location	Cholula de Rivadabia, Puebla, Mexico
Region	Puebla
Coordinates	19°03′27″N 98°18′07″W
History
Periods	Clessic tae Postclessic
Site notes
Responsible body: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

The Great Pyramid o Cholula, kent as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "artificial mountain") an aw, is a huge complex locatit in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the lairgest airchaeological steid o a pyramid (temple) in the New Warld. The pyramid stand 55 metres (180 ft) abuin the surroondin plain, an in its feenal shape it measured 400 bi 400 metres (1,300 bi 1,300 ft). The pyramid is a temple that tradeetionally haes been viewed as haein been dedicatit tae the god Quetzalcoatl. The architectural style o the biggin wis linkit closely tae that o Teotihuacan in the Valley o Mexico, awtho influence frae the Gulf Coast is evident, especially frae El Tajín an aw.

Further readin

Kelly, Joyce (2001). An Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3349-X. OCLC 45888934.

Solanes Carraro, María del Carmen (1995). "Cholula". Arqueología Mexicana. Mexico: Editorial Raíces. III (13 (May–June 1995)): 24–30. ISSN 0188-8218. OCLC 29789840. (in Spaingie)