xochicalco
states: [mexico]
category: cultural
year: 1999
location: Municipalities of Temixco and Miacatlan, Morelos State
region: Latin America and the Caribbean
latitude/longitude: 18.8102800000, -99.2750000000
visited: 2023
Xochicalco is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a fortified political, religious and commercial centre from the troubled period of 650–900 that followed the break-up of the great Mesoamerican states such as Teotihuacan, Monte Albán, Palenque and Tikal.
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