Teotihuacan. Live a great experience with an archaeologist

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1. Considered as one of the most beautiful pre-Hispanic buildings in Mexico. It is decorated with sculptures, weighing one tonne, depicting heads of snakes and rain deity; as well as reliefs of rattlesnakes, shells and sea snails. It was built around 250 AD and destroyed and buried by the Teotihuacans themselves in 350 AD.

   40 minIngresso incluso

2. One of the most important Pyramids of the city, whose axes align with the planet venus and the Moon, which allows to associate it with a feminine character. It has a height of 45 m and base 130 m per side.

   20 minIngresso incluso

3. Considered to be the third largest building in antiquity. It is 65 m high and 240 - 245 m at its base. Its construction took about 150 years, from the beginning of our era to 150. It is considered to be the center of a "horizon calendar", because its axes are aligned to sunrises and sunsets on specific dates, as well as solstices, dividing the solar year into two periods of 52 and two of 130 days.

   30 minIngresso incluso

4. Our archaeologist will explain part of the Teotihuacan construction system, as well as the importance of mural painting in the city with the presence of various plant and animal species, very important for the worldview not only Teotihuacan, but of all the ancient cultures of Mexico

   15 minIngresso incluso

5. Here we will see how in the way of seeing the world of the ancient Teotihuacan population, the fiercest and most dangerous animals came to have a very special symbolism related to power, rain, night and climatic phenomena

   10 minIngresso incluso

6. Our archaeologist will explain how architecture, painting and sculpture are integrated in Teotihuacan to form in the same space a set full of symbolism and references to archaeoastronomical phenomena

   20 minIngresso incluso

7. We will walk a little along the main axis of the city, 2 km long, which connects with the most important buildings. While our archaeologist explains relevant aspects of the site.

   30 min

8. We will visit an artisan workshop where we will explain how it was worked and the uses and type of the most important material, not only in Teotihuacan, but in all of ancient Mexico: obsidian, glass of volcanic origin. In addition, we will talk about the cultivation and uses of an agave that has been fundamental for millennia: maguey, as well as we can taste some of the products obtained from it, such as the fermented called pulque

   30 min

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How it compares in Città del Messico

• Its from-price is 12% below the median of the 633 gite di un giorno we list in Città del Messico.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Città del Messico

Città del Messico è una vasta capitale d'alta quota costruita sull'azteca Tenochtitlan, ricca di musei, murales, mercati e cucina eccezionale.

Lo Zócalo, una delle piazze più grandi del mondo, è incorniciato dalla Cattedrale Metropolitana e dal Palazzo Nazionale, dove i murales di Diego Rivera raccontano la storia del Messico. Accanto, il Templo Mayor portato alla luce rivela il cuore della capitale azteca, e il Palacio de Bellas Artes, con l'esterno di marmo e l'interno Art Déco, sorge a breve distanza verso ovest.

Top-ranked sights in Città del Messico: Teotihuacán, Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Frida Kahlo Museum (Museo Frida Kahlo).

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