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El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City

Cultural site · inscribed 1992

Located in the state of Veracruz, El Tajin was at its height from the early 9th to the early 13th century. It became the most important centre in north-east Mesoamerica after the fall of the Teotihuacan Empire.

Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Photo: El Tajín, Nischenpyramide.(fcm).jpg by Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Baden-Baden, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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