<P> The Templo Mayor ( Spanish for `` Main Temple '' ) was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan , which is now Mexico City . Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica . The temple was called the Huēyi Teōcalli ( we : ˈi teoːˈkali ) in the Nahuatl language and dedicated simultaneously to two gods , Huitzilopochtli , god of war , and Tlaloc , god of rain and agriculture , each of which had a shrine at the top of the pyramid with separate staircases . The spire in the center of the adjacent image was devoted to Quetzalcoatl in his form as the wind god , Ehecatl . The Great Temple devoted to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc , measuring approximately 100 by 80 m ( 328 by 262 ft ) at its base , dominated the Sacred Precinct . Construction of the first temple began sometime after 1325 , and it was rebuilt six times . The temple was destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 to make way for the new cathedral . Today , the archeological site lies just to the northeast of the Zocalo , or main plaza of Mexico City , in the block between Seminario and Justo Sierra streets . </P>
<P> The Templo Mayor ( Spanish for `` Main Temple '' ) was one of the main temples of the Aztecs in their capital city of Tenochtitlan , which is now Mexico City . Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica . The temple was called the Huēyi Teōcalli ( we : ˈi teoːˈkali ) in the Nahuatl language and dedicated simultaneously to two gods , Huitzilopochtli , god of war , and Tlaloc , god of rain and agriculture , each of which had a shrine at the top of the pyramid with separate staircases . The spire in the center of the adjacent image was devoted to Quetzalcoatl in his form as the wind god , Ehecatl . The Great Temple devoted to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc , measuring approximately 100 by 80 m ( 328 by 262 ft ) at its base , dominated the Sacred Precinct . Construction of the first temple began sometime after 1325 , and it was rebuilt six times . The temple was destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 to make way for the new cathedral . Today , the archeological site lies just to the northeast of the Zocalo , or main plaza of Mexico City , in the block between Seminario and Justo Sierra streets . </P>
when was the great temple of tenochtitlan built
when was the great temple of tenochtitlan built
after 1325
after 1325