Tzintzuntzan
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Tzintzuntzan

Archaeological site on the edge of Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.

About

Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds." The site includes at least 1,000 archaeological features in an area that is at least 1,075 hectares. After being in Pátzcuaro for the first years of the Purépecha Empire, power was consolidated in Tzintzuntzan in the mid 15th century.

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19.62360, -101.57400

Nearby

  1. Lake PátzcuaroNature & outdoors
    8.0 km
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