Teotenango, Tenango del Valle

Its name means “In the place of the sacred or divine wall”. Meet in this place the pre-Hispanic vestiges of Teotenango with an extension of 2 square kilometers, where you will find the Plaza del Jaguar, the Jaguar Monolith and the Ball Game complex, as well as the Temazcal, which is located in the corner of that space; this ritual was used for healing purposes; We can also observe another area known as the Snake Structure, which is 120 meters long and 40 meters wide; the Calle de la Rana and the Wall with walls up to 10 meters high.

Teotihuacán

Located in the State of Mexico, this is one of the sites declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacán is the place where the imposing pyramids of the Sun and the Moon are located, connected by the Calzada de los Muertos.

Zonas Arqueológica de Cacaxtla Xochitecatl

Cacaxtla. Located southwest of the state, 40 minutes from the city of Tlaxcala, is a set of murals considered the best preserved of the pre-Hispanic era among which stand out for its uniqueness and symbolism the “Bird Man” and the “Jaguar Man”.

Zonas Arqueológica de Tecoaque

Tecoaque. One of the most interesting aspects is that according to sources, a Spanish caravan that was part of the expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez, who had the task of learning Hernán Cortés, was captured in this place.

Zona Arqueológica El Tajín

The great “City of Thunder”, the archaeological zone of El Tajin is the most important in the north of the State of Veracruz due to its extensive construction and wide cultural influence between the Cazones and Tecolutla rivers, the region where this mother culture flourished.

Toluquilla

Located south of the Sierra Gorda, the Toluquilla Archaeological Monument Zone is another of the most important pre-Hispanic settlements in the state of Queretaro, occupied approximately between 300 BC and 1450 AD.

Toluquilla (“jorobadillo hill”, from the Nahuatl toloa and the Spanish suffix -illo) was inhabited by extractors and mineral workers, mainly of the reddish almagre (iron oxide) and, above all, cinnabar (mercury sulfide), found in the surrounding area, minerals of great importance to cover the corpses of rulers before their burial and as colorants for buildings. These minerals were exchanged for obsidian or seashells from other civilizations that came to the site.

Influenced by different cultures, the cultures that inhabited this pre-Hispanic site left impressive constructions in the area, formed by three circulation axes and four ball games.