El Tajín

El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in southern Mexico and was one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica. Part of the Classic Veracruz culture, it flourished from 600 to 1200 AD, building numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts, and pyramids. The city fell in 1230 and remained unknown to Europeans until 1785, when a government inspector discovered the Pyramid of the Niches.[1]