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The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Our Lady of Remedies Church) is a 16th-century Mexican Catholic parish church built atop the Tlachihualtepetl pyramid in the municipality of Cholula located in the central Mexican state of Puebla. The church was built with carved stone and embellished with 24-carat gilded panels and shims, called ...
The pyramid is the main tourist attraction in Cholula, [18] receiving 496,518 visitors in 2017. [64] Images of this church on top of the pyramid with Popocatepetl in the background is frequently used in Mexico's promotion of tourism. [20] It is one of the better known destinations in central Mexico for foreign travelers. [65]
Great Pyramid of Cholula with the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios church on top. The most important tourist attraction of the city is the Great Pyramid with the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios sanctuary on top. At first glance, the pyramid looks like a hill as most of it is overgrown.
The pyramid was composed of four sloped terraces with a passage between each level, topped by a great platform. It had two stairways to access the two shrines on the top platform. Facing the structure, the left shrine was dedicated to the water god Tlaloc while the right shrine was dedicated to the god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli.
Video of a dog venturing to the top of one of Egypt's Great Pyramids has gone mega-viral. The dog ventured up to the 448-foot tall Pyramid of Khafre is one of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids ...
Tallest church in Italy; tallest in Piedmont; 121.0 metres tall without the statue on its top 15: St. James' Church: 125.4 m (410 ft) 1963: Hamburg Germany: Lutheran: Fourth-tallest church in Hamburg; new, modern spire finished 1963 16
The adventurers quickly grabbed their phones and zoomed in to the top of Khafre, the second tallest pyramid — which is off-limits to humans — only to find a dog seemingly chasing some birds at ...
The crowds gathered at the Pyramids of Giza are always in for an awe-inspiring view. Recently though, one visitor was left stunned when he spotted a dog at the top of one of the ancient monuments.