Cholula (Mesoamerican site)

Cholula (Spanish: [tʃoˈlula] ^ⓘ; Nahuatl languages: Cholōllān, Otomi: Mä'ragi) was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BCE, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier. The site of Cholula is just west of the modern city of Puebla and served as a trading outpost. Its immense pyramid is the largest such structure in the Americas, and the largest pyramid structure by volume in the world, measuring 4.45 million cubic meters.^[1]

Cholula was one of the key religious centers of ancient Mexico.^[2]

^ Gorvett, Zaria (2016-08-26). "La mayor pirámide del mundo que se oculta dentro de una montaña en México". BBC. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
^ McCafferty, Geoffrey G. "Cholula." In Davíd Carrasco (ed). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures. : Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 9780195188431

[1] Gorvett, Zaria (2016-08-26). "La mayor pirámide del mundo que se oculta dentro de una montaña en México". BBC. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

[2] McCafferty, Geoffrey G. "Cholula." In Davíd Carrasco (ed). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures. : Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 9780195188431

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