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Sacred Precinct
General view of the model of the Sacred Precinct
of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Among the most important buildings were the Ballcourt,
the Calmecac, and the temples dedicated to Quetzalcoatl,
Tezcatlipoca and the Sun. The precinct occupied
an area of almost 4,000 square meters and it was surrounded by a wall called
coatepantli (serpent wall) supposedly decorated with representations of
serpents. More information on this area can be found in the page written
by archaeologist Carlos Javier González on the Sacred Precinct.
Last
Modified: January 14, 1998.
Museo del Templo Mayor, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e História,
México.
Seminario #8, Centro Histórico. Cuauhtémoc,
México, D.F. 06060
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1997
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