Great Pyramid of Cholula

The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is a complex located in , , . It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid in the world, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: huge complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
  • Also known as: “La Gran Pirámide de Cholula”, “Templo de Tláloc”, and “Tlachihualtepetl”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cholula and Our Lady of Remedies.

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was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BC, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier.

Church
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The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios is a 16th-century Catholic parish church built atop the Tlachihualtepetl pyramid in the municipality of located in the central Mexican state of .

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 190 metres east of Great Pyramid of Cholula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Andrés Cholula and Cholula.

Town
is the municipal seat of Municipality located in the Metropolitan area of Puebla, in the center west of the state of in the central highlands of , 122 km east of and eight kilometres west of the city of Puebla.

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is a city in , 15 km west of the . It is a mid-size city with a population of about 150,000. The Great Pyramid of is the largest pyramid on a platform in the world.

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, officially known as de Francisco Javier Mina, is a small city in the state of , . It is located 12 kilometres south of the state capital Puebla, Puebla, at a height of 2,150 metres above sea level.

Great Pyramid of Cholula

Latitude
19.0581° or 19° 3′ 29″ north
Longitude
-98.30215° or 98° 18′ 8″ west
Height
66 metres (217 feet)
Open location code
76F33M5X+64
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157402817
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1417475
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Great Pyramid of Cholula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرم خولولا الكبير”
  • Asturian: “Gran Pirámide de Cholula”
  • Basque: “Cholulako piramide handia”
  • Basque: “Cholulako Piramide Handia”
  • Basque: “Tlachihualtepetl”
  • Catalan: “Gran Piràmide de Cholula”
  • Chinese: “乔鲁拉大金字塔”
  • Croatian: “Piramida u Choluli”
  • Croatian: “Tlachihualtepetl”
  • Dutch: “Grote Piramide van Cholula”
  • Dutch: “Grote Pyramide van Cholula”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Cholula”
  • French: “Grande pyramide de Cholula”
  • French: “Grande Pyramide de Cholula”
  • German: “Große Pyramide von Cholula”
  • German: “Pyramide von Cholula”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Agung Cholula”
  • Indonesian: “Tlachihualtepetl”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Cholula”
  • Italian: “Tlahchiualtepetl”
  • Japanese: “チョルーラの大ピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “トラチウアルテペトル”
  • Latvian: “Čolulas Lielā piramīda”
  • Lithuanian: “Didžioji Čolulos piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Пирамида во Чолула”
  • Polish: “Piramida w Choluli”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Pirâmide de Cholula”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Cholula”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Tepanapa”
  • Russian: “Великая пирамида Чолулы”
  • Scots: “Great Pyramid o Cholula”
  • Serbian: “Piramida u Čoluli”
  • Serbian: “Велика пирамида у Чолули”
  • Serbian: “Пирамида у Чолули”
  • Spanish: “Gran Piramide de Cholula”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Cholula”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Cholula”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Cholula”
  • Spanish: “Piramide tolteca de Cholula”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide tolteca de Cholula”
  • Spanish: “Tlachihualtepetl”
  • Swedish: “Stora pyramiden i Cholula”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Cholula Piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Tlachihualtepetl”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика піраміда Чолули”
  • Urdu: “چولولا کا عظیم اہرام”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dungganan nga piramide han Cholula”
  • “Tlachihualtepetl”

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