Templo Mayor

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The Templo Mayor was a major sacred temple in the time of the Aztecs that followed through the reigns of several rulers. The temple, along with its twin temples as well as, the sculpture dedicated to the moon goddess, Coyolxauhqui located at the bottom of the temple held an over lasting importance for the many generations that continued. The Aztecs held the Templo dearly in their culture since it held religious as well as a huge social significance that shaped their civilization. Historians will often have different perspectives as to what the significance of the temple during Aztec times was and many will have the same idea, such as Cecilia Klein and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. Their views as to the significance of the temple are similar …show more content…

Such as the Aztecs viewed the temple as an important temple during their time and historians can see it the same as well but each has their own analytical style. But many people today, in different countries, do not see the temple as an important or significant aspect in their lives since a major factor that affects how people view objects and events is time. The templo mayor, sits in the of a square ceremonial precinct of the four-quarter system, the center of the city of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital city for the Aztecs. The Templo’s represented the access through the city as well as to the celestial and under world. The significance of its twin temples dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the war god, Tlaloc, the rain god, and the sculpture of the moon goddess, Coyolxauhqui goes with a story which the Aztecs would hold rituals to show the importance of it. …show more content…

Her views on water, as connected to Tlaloc, the rain god whose statue was located in the northern shrine of the Templo, was that many of the reports from the conquerors contained information on how the Aztecs did their offerings. Klein focuses heavy on the Aztec rituals, such as the many that took place in the temples. Their rituals were planned through their calendar system, which followed a strict cycle that were focused on the spring

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