Friday, August 3, 2012

A Visit to Tula de Hidalgo

Tula de Hidalgo, in Mexico's Hidalgo state about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Mexico City, is an enormous dispersed community covering more than 17 sq km (4,200 acres) and, if we believe the Aztecs, it was the capital of the Toltec empire.

Carved Columns "Atlanteans" at Tula
Carved "Atlantean" Columns at Tula. Photo by Steve Cadman

An estimated sixty thousand people lived at Tula during its Early Post Classic heyday, ca. AD 900-1200), and after all, shouldn't we take a little peek?

  • Tula de Hidalgo: A Photo Essay

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