Ixcateopan

Local nameIxcateopan
LocationIxcateopan de Cuauhtémoc

Ixcateopan is an archaeological site located in the town and municipality of Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, 36 kilometers from Taxco, in the isolated and rugged mountains of the northern part of Guerrero state, Mexico.

The explored archeological remains are part of a city which functioned as an important regional ceremonial center. Ixcateopan was a place of cult and army garrisons inhabited by various native groups, such as the Cohuixcas, The Chontales and by the Aztecs, at the time when the latter were at war with the Purépecha.The city is known as the final resting place of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Tlatoani, whose remains were found under the parish church here in the mid-20th century.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixcateopan_(archaeological_site)

Address 41 Carretera Taxco-Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc 40430, Mexico

Coordinates 18°29'50.183" N -99°47'35.995" E

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