Cuicuilco

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  The archeological zone of Cuicuilo was one the first towns of the Valley of Mexico. This pyramid is located south University City and reach its splendor period from the 600 b.C. to the 200 b.C.  
  One the most highlighting aspects of this structure is its conic form because it is the only construction of Mesoamerica with that form. Might the conic form is do to it was the first monumetal building of the Valley of Mexico and for that the builders wanted to recreate the shape of the big mountains that surround the site for consolidate his power over the people awesome it by pretend that the governants were the propietor of the mountains.    
  Paradoxically this prosperous town was destroyed by the surrounding mountains because around the 200 b.C. erupted the Xitle volcano, graving parcially with lava this zone, fact that hide this zone until the year 1922 when it was discovered. Since then Cuicuiclo is one the major attracions of the city and in the spring equinox there are realizated festivals like in Teotihuacan. You can easy arrive to this zone by Insurgentes Sur Avenue or by the Periferico highway.  

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