A town of east-central Mexico west of Puebla. Site of an ancient Toltec center and a city sacred to the Aztecs, it was destroyed by Hernando Cortés in 1519. Population: 83,000.
Cholula
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A town of east-central Mexico west of Puebla. Site of an ancient Toltec center and a city sacred to the Aztecs, it was destroyed by Hernando Cortés in 1519. Population: 83,000.
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Cholula (chōlū'lä) or Cholula de Rivadabia (chōlū'lä THā rē'vädäv'yä), city (1990 pop. 53,673), Puebla state, E central Mexico. The site of the famous Teocali de Cholula, a pre-Columbian pyramid of great antiquity, the city was an old Toltec center and, when the Spanish came, was an Aztec sacred city devoted to the worship of Quetzalcoatl. Suspecting native insurrection, Hernán Cortés destroyed the city in 1519; from 5,000 to 10,000 people were killed in the massacre of Cholula. Cortés then vowed to build a church for each of the 400 Aztec shrines; 70 were in fact built, one atop the pyramid. The picturesque city remains a place of pilgrimage and attracts many tourists.
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Cholula may refer to:
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- Cholula (Mesoamerican site), a pre-Columbian archaeological site in central Mexico, significant political center in the Classic and Postclassic eras of Mesoamerican chronology
- Cholula, Puebla, the modern-day city in Puebla state, Mexico, formal name Cholula de Rivadavia
- San Andrés Cholula, modern-day Mexican municipio (municipality), part of the conurbation of the city of Puebla
- San Pedro Cholula, modern-day Mexican municipio (municipality), part of the conurbation of the city of Puebla
- Santa Isabel Cholula, modern-day Mexican municipio (municipality), largely rural adjoining the conurbation of the city of Puebla
- others-
- Cholula Hot Sauce, commercial brand of chili-based sauce manufactured in Jalisco, Mexico
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