Teocalli

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The teocalli of Cholula

A teocalli (Nahuatl: "God-house") is a Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple. [1] The pyramid is terraced, and some of the most important religious rituals in Pre-Columbian Mexico took place in the temple at the top of the pyramid. [1]

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The famous, although no longer extant, Aztec Huey Teocalli ("Great Temple," Spanish, Templo Mayor) was located next to what is now Mexico City's main square, the Zócalo. A famous 1848 painting by Emanuel Leutze depicts The Storming of Teocalli by Cortez and his Troops , which Leutze painted four years before his classic Washington Crossing the Delaware . One of the Cuban poet José María Heredia's best-known poems is titled En el teocalli de Cholula .

In contemporary culture

The term is also used in a modern context by Chicano people involved in the Native American Church. Chicano chapters of the Native American Church refer to the organization as a "teocalli." [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Humboldt, Alexander von (2013-01-25). Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Critical Edition. University of Chicago Press. p. 403. ISBN   978-0-226-86509-6.

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