The Sun Pyramid

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This is it!!!, what you were waiting for, the incredible, marvelous and colossal Sun Pyramid, the giant of the Americas, this is, the most known building in all Teotihuacan, and obviously the most visited, however this massive rock edifice it's a plain bare rock construction, little it's known about it, even it's real name it's unknown,  'cause it's actual name, the Sun pyramid, was imposed by the Aztecs, more less a thousand years after the collapse of the classical period.

It has been the most attractive building in the city for millennia, and it has to be, 'cause it can be seen from miles and in ancient times it was covered with a red layer of stucco and it's believed to be the center of all religious activity, not only in Teohtihuacan itself, but also was really important in whole Mesoamerica (Experts think, that this pyramid was the focus of  pilgrimage from all Mesoamerica) 

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Thanks to the discoveries made in the pyramid, experts believe that the structure was dedicated to rain or at least to some aquatic deity. However, the real purpose of the temple remains in complete mistery.

There are two more buildings that enclose the pyramid, The Plaza of the Sun and the Palace of the Sun. Some experts consider this, The palace, the ancient residence of the most important priest of the pyramid.

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