La Piedra del Sol: Tenochtitlan: Mexico City : Aztec Calendar: Historia de la Piedra del Sol
Channel: Mario Alvarado
Date: 2020-02-11

Hey whats up guys this is Mario and in todays video I am going to go over La Piedra del Sol. Also famously known the Aztec Calendar, that is the big huge rock that I am sure you guys have seen it. It has a little face in the middle, I am going to talk about that rock just to give you guys a little bit background history on that rock. The rock was discovered in 1790 by the Spanish, keep in mind that this is still considered New Spain. Mexico doesn't exist yet. When they discovered it the Spanish decided to put it on display in the Zocalo thats the center of downtown Mexico City. They put it on display next to the cathedral so everybody can see it. Guess what happened guys, something very incredible, something unexpected happened, that the Spanish had to take it down. Can you guys guess what happened? No? What happened was that the indigenous started to bring flowers, they started to bring incense, they started to worship this rock. Keep in mind guys that this is after 250 years of Spanish conquest. Where they tried to convert indigenous people to Christianity, the indigenous people stilled remembered who they are, they stilled remembered their heritage, their ancestors. So this is very interesting guys because the indigenous people in the area they did not forget where they come from, they did not forget their ancestors, they did not forget who they are, so I wanted to mention that guys because that is very important. After the Catholic Church saw that, they definitely did not expect for the indigenous people to remember their past, their ancestors, and start worshiping the calendar. So they had to take it down guys, they had to take it down, they had to bury it and put it back where it came from. It wasn't until the 19th century when Mexico gained its Independence from Spain that they took it back out and they started displaying it all over the country. I hope you guys enjoy this video, I hope you guys learn something, don't forget to support this channel, and don't forget to SMASH that LIKE button and SUBSCRIBE to this channel. Thank you very much guys I appreciate it.

La Piedra del Sol fue descuvierta en 1790 ayi en Tenochtitlan, ya saben en donde es Tenochtitlan el Centro Historico.

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