San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Museum

San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan is the collective name for three related Olmec archaeological sites in southeastern Veracruz, Mexico. It was the first Olmec centre to demonstrate state-level complexity and the largest city in Mesoamerica from roughly 1200 to 900 BCE. The site is renowned for its monumental stone sculptures, including colossal basalt heads up to 2.7 metres tall and weighing up to 28 tons, carved from boulders transported from the Cerro Cintepec volcano in the Tuxtla Mountains. Around 900 BCE, the monuments were deliberately smashed and buried, marking the site's mysterious decline when its population of approximately 13,000 dispersed. The community museum houses a collection of these iconic Olmec colossal heads.