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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
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."
