Tula de Allende

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Tula de Allende is an important archaeological city in central Mexico known as a principal urban and ceremonial center of the Toltec civilization, featuring monumental pyramids and iconic stone warrior statues.

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Tula de Allende canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
municipality
archaeologicalExcavationBy Mexican archaeologists
archaeologicalZoneManagedBy INAH
associatedWith Toltec civilization
capitalOf Toltec civilization
country Mexico
culture Toltec
linked to: Toltec civilization
dedicatedToDeity Quetzalcoatl
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
distanceFrom about 70 km northwest of Mexico City
floruit c. 900–1150 CE
governedBy state of Hidalgo
linked to: Hidalgo (state)
hasAlternateName Tollan
linked to: Tula (Tollan)

Tollan-Xicocotitlan
linked to: Tula (Tollan)
hasFeature basalt warrior columns
chacmool sculptures
linked to: Chacmool sculptures

relief carvings
hasMunicipalSeat city of Tula de Allende
linked to: Tula de Hidalgo
hasMuseum site museum
hasRole ceremonial center
urban center
hasStructure Pyramid B
Pyramid C
ballcourt
colonnaded halls
palace complex
heritageStatus important pre-Hispanic site in Mexico
influenced Aztec civilization
linked to: Aztec culture

Tenochtitlan
knownFor Atlantean warrior statues
Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
ballcourts
monumental pyramids
palatial complexes
languageHistoricallySpoken Nahuatl
locatedIn Hidalgo
Tula Valley
central Mexico
near Tula River
partOf Mesoamerica
religionHistoricallyPracticed Mesoamerican polytheism
timePeriod Early Postclassic period
tourismType cultural tourism

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Toltec civilization hasMajorSite Tula de Allende
Hidalgo contains Tula de Allende
Tula alsoKnownAs Tula de Allende
Pyramid B at Tula locatedIn Tula de Allende