Portal talk:Mexico/Featured Picture/2006
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[edit] January
The Pirámide del Sol (Spanish for Pyramid of the Sun) is the largest component of the ceremonial architecture that flanks the "Avenue of the Dead" in the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán. Built around 150 BC, it was originally dedicated to the worship of Tlaloc, god of rain and fertility, but renamed centuries later by the Aztecs according to their own beliefs. The Pyramid of the Sun is the second largest pyramid in the New World after the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Cholula, Puebla.
[edit] February
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for one six-year term that will end in 2012 without the possibility of re-election. He is affiliated with the National Action Party (Mexico) (PAN), a mostly conservative organization with a tendency toward more liberal economic ideas. His official residence is Los Pinos.
[edit] March
Olmec colossal head labeled as number 1 in the Xalapa's museum of Antropology. It is also known as el rey (the king). It was found in San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán (name of the archeological site, usually shortened to San Lorenzo), located at Texistepec, State of Veracruz, México. It dates from 1200 to 900 years b.C. and is 2.9 meters high and 2.1 meters wide.
