Tenayuca
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For the American labor leader, see Emma Tenayuca. For the Metrobús station, see Tenayuca (Mexico City Metrobús).
Tenayuca (Nahuatl languages: Tenanyohcān pronounced [te.naˈyoʔ.kaːn]) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. It was located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the northwest of Tenochtitlan (the heart of present-day Mexico City).
Quick Facts Pyramid of Tenayuca, Region ...
Pyramid of Tenayuca | |
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Region | Valley of Mexico |
Status | preserved, with museum |
Location | |
Location | Greater Mexico City. |
Municipality | Tlalnepantla de Baz |
State | Mexico State |
Geographic coordinates | 19°31′55.8″N 99°10′6.5″W |
Architecture | |
Type | Temple |
Style | Aztec |
Specifications | |
Direction of façade | West |
Length | 52 meters |
Width | 60 meters |
Website | |
Tenayuca at INAH (in Spanish) |
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Tenayuca is considered to be the earliest capital city of the Chichimec, nomadic tribes who migrated and settled in the Valley of Mexico, where they formed their own empire.[1]