Great Pyramid o Cholula
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![]() Frae a distance the pyramid leuks lik a naitural hill tapped bi a kirk | |
Location | Cholula de Rivadabia, Puebla, ![]() |
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Region | Puebla |
Coordinates | 19°03′27″N 98°18′07″W / 19.05750°N 98.30194°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.[1] The pyramid stand 55 metre (180 ft) abuin the surroondin plain,[2] an in its feenal shape it measured 400 bi 400 metre (1,300 bi 1,300 ft).[3] The pyramid is a temple that tradeetionally haes been viewed as haein been dedicatit tae the god Quetzalcoatl.[2] 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.[3]
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- Kelly, Joyce (2001). An Archaeological Guide to Central and Southern Mexico. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3349-X. OCLC 45888934. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - Solanes Carraro, María del Carmen (1995). "Cholula". Arqueología Mexicana. Mexico: Editorial Raíces. III (13 (May–June 1995)): 24–30. ISSN 0188-8218. OCLC 29789840. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) (in Spaingie)