Museo del Templo Mayor / Stedelijke Archeologie - Kleine groepen
Beschrijving
Laten we eens duiken in de overblijfselen van een gebouw uit de 14e eeuw dat uitlegt hoe de hoofdstad van het Mexica-rijk functioneerde. Tijdens deze ervaring gaan we het belangrijkste gebouw bezoeken voor de mexica's, die de stad bestuurden totdat deze in augustus 1521 viel. Templo Mayor werd bijna volledig verwoest en de bouwmaterialen werden hergebruikt voor de bouw van de eerste Europese stad. We gaan echter gebouwen, muurschilderingen en artefacten bekijken die eeuwenlang onder het historische centrum van de stad begraven lagen, totdat ze werden ontdekt door het Urban Archaeology Program en het National Institute of Anthropology and History.
Rondreisopties
Reisroute
We zullen de geschiedenis van de stad tot aan haar wortels verkennen. We gaan de archeologische vindplaats verkennen waar het belangrijkste pre-Spaanse gebouw stond. We gaan muurschilderingen, monolieten en diverse artefacten zien.
Hoogtepunten
Wat is inbegrepen
Beoordelingen van reizigers
Belangrijke informatie
- Opties voor openbaar vervoer zijn in de buurt aanwezig
- Reizigers moeten ten minste een gemiddelde conditie hebben
Beoordelingen(3)
I enjoyed my tour with Raul a lot. He is very friendly and explains everything very clearly. On top of everything, I had patience with my bad Spanish. Highly recommended. I took the tour in Spanish for my own pleasure, but Raul is clearly comfortable giving the tour in English, I highly recommend him.
Eduardo was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the temple mayor. I highly recommend this tour!
I recently had the opportunity to take the Museo del Templo Mayor / Urban Archaeology tour offered by Raúl. After taking his architecture & history walk in Centro Histórico on a previous visit, which I left very impressed, I was curious to learn more about the city’s history when I visited it again this summer, particularly about its fascinating Aztec / Mexica heritage. I was happy to see that Raúl was offering a tour focusing specifically on this topic and, based on my previous positive experience, decided to give it a try - and it was absolutely worth it! The ruins of Templo Mayor and the adjacent museum are fascinating places to visit even on your own, but Raúl’s tour greatly enhanced this experience: he added important context to the museum exhibits and what's left of the temple pieces, making me understand much better their meaning and religious significance. However - and this is what truly makes his tours one-of-a-kind - this is not just a museum walk with some bonus information. Much rather, Raúl uses the site of Templo Mayor and the museum exhibits to re-construct, with his narration, the life in the former Aztec capital: its culture, its people, its leaders and of course, its dramatic fall. He forges fascinating connections between the pieces and the broader history of the city, making the former capital - for a period of 3 hours - truly come alive again in my mind. This is even more impressive considering that, going into the tour, I only had very little background knowledge! Once again, I left Raúl’s tour having learned incredibly much - and yet, at no point did I ever feel overwhelmed or exhausted by the amount of information (something that tends to happen to me, especially in long museum visits!), thanks to Raúl’s captivating and vivid narrative style. All things considered, I cannot recommend enough Raúl enough as a guide if you want to explore and understand the history of the city (and the country!), no matter if you have some or no previous knowledge at all - with his tours, you will be able to see the city in a new light. If I have the chance to re-visit Mexico City in the future, I will definitely make sure to take more walks with him!
