Tlachihualtepetl, World's Largest Pyramid Old Has Gone
One of the most noticeable features in the small town of San Andres Cholula, in Puebla region of Mexico, is a church built on a hilltop high as 180 feet above the city.
This church called Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de los Remedios (Church of Our Lady of Remedies), also known as the Santuario de la Virgen de los Remedios (Sanctuary of the Virgin of Remedies), which was built in 1594 on top of a temple pre-Hispanic ,
The church was built in the days of the Conquistadores (the Spanish conquest in Latin America), making it an attractive site. Moreover, framed by the peaks of active volcanoes, as in the photo below, which is one of the most popular tourist photo in Mexico.
Okay, now we are back in the days of the Spanish conquest in Latin America. As conquerors, they tear down the temples of the natives they found and build churches in places where the temples once stood.
That's how the Spaniards asserted its dominance, and also confirmed the dominance of the Catholic religion over religions natives.
Native Americans have spent thousands of years to build many temples and shrines, so there were many churches were built to replace them.
Many of the temples and shrines were built Native American, which is built on a stone pyramid.
Well, the small church in Cholula who seemed to stand at the top of the hill, was standing in a pyramid complex, which is one of the largest in the world.
Perhaps this is the greatest wonder of the ancient world that seems to never be seen. We could not see it because it was covered with soil. This explains why this great construction was not known, because it is only visible as a mound of very photogenic.
The original name of this site is "Tlachihualtepetl" (Nahuatl, the language of the local native Americans of the time of the Aztecs, which means "artificial mountain"). Yes, it turns out this hill which consists of a stone structure that is not natural.
The pyramid was constructed in four phases, expected to start from the 3rd century BC to the 9th century AD, and dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl.
This pyramid is basically about 450 m wide x 450 m, and 66 m high. According to the Guinness Book of Records, This is the largest pyramid and the largest monument ever built in the world.
With a total volume estimated at more than 4.45 million m3 of rock, even greater than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is only about 2.5 million m3 of rock.
However, the Great Pyramid of Giza higher, as high as 138.8 m. The Aztecs believed that Xelhua who built the Great Pyramid of Cholula.
The investigators have exhumed the tunnels in the hills, more than eight kilometers. Their study concluded that the style of stone architecture and artefacts found at the site has a similarity with Teotihuacan.
source:
versesofuniverse
This church called Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de los Remedios (Church of Our Lady of Remedies), also known as the Santuario de la Virgen de los Remedios (Sanctuary of the Virgin of Remedies), which was built in 1594 on top of a temple pre-Hispanic ,
The church was built in the days of the Conquistadores (the Spanish conquest in Latin America), making it an attractive site. Moreover, framed by the peaks of active volcanoes, as in the photo below, which is one of the most popular tourist photo in Mexico.
Okay, now we are back in the days of the Spanish conquest in Latin America. As conquerors, they tear down the temples of the natives they found and build churches in places where the temples once stood.
That's how the Spaniards asserted its dominance, and also confirmed the dominance of the Catholic religion over religions natives.
Native Americans have spent thousands of years to build many temples and shrines, so there were many churches were built to replace them.
Many of the temples and shrines were built Native American, which is built on a stone pyramid.
Well, the small church in Cholula who seemed to stand at the top of the hill, was standing in a pyramid complex, which is one of the largest in the world.
Perhaps this is the greatest wonder of the ancient world that seems to never be seen. We could not see it because it was covered with soil. This explains why this great construction was not known, because it is only visible as a mound of very photogenic.
The original name of this site is "Tlachihualtepetl" (Nahuatl, the language of the local native Americans of the time of the Aztecs, which means "artificial mountain"). Yes, it turns out this hill which consists of a stone structure that is not natural.
The pyramid was constructed in four phases, expected to start from the 3rd century BC to the 9th century AD, and dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl.
This pyramid is basically about 450 m wide x 450 m, and 66 m high. According to the Guinness Book of Records, This is the largest pyramid and the largest monument ever built in the world.
With a total volume estimated at more than 4.45 million m3 of rock, even greater than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is only about 2.5 million m3 of rock.
However, the Great Pyramid of Giza higher, as high as 138.8 m. The Aztecs believed that Xelhua who built the Great Pyramid of Cholula.
The investigators have exhumed the tunnels in the hills, more than eight kilometers. Their study concluded that the style of stone architecture and artefacts found at the site has a similarity with Teotihuacan.
source:
versesofuniverse
