Teotihuacan is located near modern day Mexico City. It is the largest ancient grid-plan site in the Americas., covering a total of eight square miles. The meaning of Teotihuacan is “where man met the gods”. It is a great representation of mesoamerican traditional planning of cities, where settlements and buildings served as a representation of the views of the universe. The Urban grid aligned precisely 15.5 degrees east of north. Some rumors say this was because the sun rose at that exact angle during summer days. Others say its based on surrounding sites in mesoamerica. The peaked-cross circles seen throughout the grid represent how people managed to maintain the urban grid over long distances. They also oriented the pyramid to a distant mountain that was out of sight.
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