archaeological zone of Tlatelolco

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The archaeological zone of Tlatelolco is a major pre-Hispanic Mexica (Aztec) ceremonial and urban center in Mexico City, featuring temple ruins that illustrate the city's indigenous past amid later colonial and modern developments.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexica archaeological site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
pre-Hispanic ceremonial center ⓘ
adjacentTo Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco ⓘ
Santiago Tlatelolco church ⓘ
modern housing complex of Nonoalco-Tlatelolco ⓘ
associatedWith Mexica Triple Alliance ⓘ
linked to: Aztec Empire

Tenochtitlan ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture

Mexica ⓘ
endTime 16th century ⓘ
excavatedBy Mexican archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStart 20th century ⓘ
function ceremonial center ⓘ
urban center ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf indigenous urban planning ⓘ
pre-Hispanic religious practices ⓘ
hasPart Templo Mayor of Tlatelolco ⓘ
linked to: Templo Mayor

altars ⓘ
ballcourt remains ⓘ
ceremonial plaza ⓘ
palace structures ⓘ
pyramidal platforms ⓘ
heritageDesignation Zona de Monumentos Arqueológicos ⓘ
languageOfHistoricPopulation Nahuatl ⓘ
locatedIn Mexico ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cuauhtémoc borough ⓘ
Mexico City federal entity ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone America/Mexico_City ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mainBuildingMaterial stone ⓘ
managedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
near historic center of Mexico City ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Plaza de las Tres Culturas ⓘ
Tlatelolco ⓘ
Valley of Mexico ⓘ
religion Mexica religion ⓘ
significantEvent Fall of Tlatelolco in 1521 ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ
timePeriod Late Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plaza de las Tres Culturas → hasView → archaeological zone of Tlatelolco ⓘ
Santiago Tlatelolco church → adjacentTo → Tlatelolco archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Tlatelolco altepetl → hasArchaeologicalRemains → Tlatelolco ruins ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Aztec culture → archaeologicalSite → Tlatelolco ruins ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Monument to the Victims of 2 October 1968 → locatedNear → Tlatelolco archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Square of the Three Cultures → adjacentTo → Tlatelolco archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco → hasPart → Museo de Sitio Tlatelolco ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Aztec architecture → majorExample → Tlatelolco ceremonial center ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco
Aztec architecture → majorExample → Templo Mayor of Tlatelolco ⓘ
linked to: archaeological zone of Tlatelolco