Tenochtitlan - Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor (from Spanish: 'Main Temple') was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City [1]. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica [1]. The temple was called Huēyi Teōcalli [we:ˈi teoːˈkalːi] in the Nahuatl language, meaning 'great church' or 'great house of god' [1]. It was dedicated simultaneously to Huītzilōpōchtli, god of war, and Tlāloc, god of rain and agriculture [1]. The temple devoted to Huītzilōpōchtli and Tlāloc, measuring approximately 100 by 80 m at its base, dominated the Sacred Precinct [1]. The temple was almost totally destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 [1]. Most of the objects found in the Templo Mayor were offerings [1]. Sculptures, flint knives, vessels, beads and other sumptuary ornaments—as well as minerals, plants and animals of all types, and the remains of human sacrifice—were among the items deposited in offerings [1].