Verified19.0568° N · 98.3019° W · 2148 m
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Tlachihualtepetl · Pyramid of Cholula
Preclassic to Postclassic (300 BCE – 1200 CE)·Mix: Cholulteca, Teotihuacan, Olmeca-Xicallanca·🇲🇽 Puebla, Mexico
About
About Great Pyramid of Cholula
Largest pyramid by volume in world: 450 m sided adobe brick pyramid with successive construction phases, now hill topped by Spanish church of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios. Mix of classic and post-classic occupations.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 300 BCE – 800 CE (main)
- Period
- Preclassic to Postclassic (300 BCE – 1200 CE)
- Culture
- Mix: Cholulteca, Teotihuacan, Olmeca-Xicallanca
- Purpose
- Temple to Quetzalcoatl and regional pilgrimage centre
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
300 BCE – 800 CE (main)
Initial construction
c. 1062 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
19.0568° N · 98.3019° W · 2148 m
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