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workmen. Such a temple was called by the Aztecs a Teocalli,[1]—or holy pyramid. The first ones, constructed at different periods, had been of wood; but this one finished
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TEOCALLI.
by King Ahuitzotl, in 1486, was of stone—a great pyramid of earth faced with cut stone, one hundred and twenty feet high. Two altars were erected upon the
- ↑ Teocalli, or Teopan, literally "House of God."