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Bookmark or Share- Visit Michoacan | Discover & Explore TzintzuntzanTzintzuntzan was made the first capital of the new Spanish province of Michoacán in the 1520s, and Franciscan friars arrived here to evangelize the Purépecha people. Their monastery complex was built in part from stones taken from five yácata pyramids of the ceremonial center.
- The Pyramids of Tzintzuntzan: Vestiges of the Purépecha ...On the banks of Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico, the stone ruins of Tzintzuntzan pay homage to the great capital of the pre-Columbian Purépecha civilization which existed from the 14th to the 16th century. What secrets are contained within the partially excavated rubble? Detail of the Tzintzuntzan pyramid structures with Lake Pátzcuaro in the ...
- Tzintzuntzan – The City of Rounded Pyramidal YácataTzintzuntzan meaning “place of hummingbirds” was the capital of the Purépecha state (also called the Tarascan state), located adjacent to Lake Pátzcuaro in the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.
- Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán - WikipediaTzintzuntzan (Spanish pronunciation: [tsin'tsuntsan]) is a town in Tzintzuntzan Municipality located in the north of Michoacán state, 53 km from the capital of Morelia and 17.5 km from Pátzcuaro, located on the northeast shore of Lake Pátzcuaro.
- Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site) - WikipediaThis article is about the pre-Columbian Purépecha archaeological site in Mexico. For the modern-day municipality and township in Michoacán, see Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán. For other uses, see Tzintzuntzan (disambiguation). View of the yácata pyramids from the south end. Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha ...
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