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This page features translations of traditional architectural terms in different languages from Central America, accompanied by pictures.
== Generic Structure ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
This resource provides an accessible way to learn and compare architectural elements from various languages and cultures.
!structure
 
!function
== Building ==
!place of origin
 
!time
=== Palace ===
!image
Mayan:
|-
 
|
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/PalaisGouverneur1.JPG/640px-PalaisGouverneur1.JPG
* ''tlachtli'' [nci]
 
|ballcourt
=== Pyramid ===
|Mesoamerica
{| class="wikitable"
|1374 BC
!Classical Nahuatl
|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mesoamerican_ballcourts
|-
|
* ''troje'' [nci]
|hut
|Michoacán
|
|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:National_Museum_of_Anthropology_-_Pur%C3%A9pechan_troje_(1841)
|-
|
* ''xa'anil naj'' [nci]
|hut
|Yucatán
|
|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casa_Maya_-_Xa%27anil_naj.jpg
|-
|-
|tzacualli
|
* ''temāzcalli'' [nci]
|ritual hut
|Mesoamerica
|
|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temazcal
|}
|}
Classic Veracruz:


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/PyramidNiches1.JPG/640px-PyramidNiches1.JPG
== Specific Building ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Itzan:
!building
 
!function
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/El_Castillo%2C_Chich%C3%A9n_Itz%C3%A1.jpg/640px-El_Castillo%2C_Chich%C3%A9n_Itz%C3%A1.jpg
!location
 
!time
Mayan:
!style
 
!image
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/15-07-14-Edzna-Campeche-Mexico-RalfR-WMA_0700-edit.jpg/640px-15-07-14-Edzna-Campeche-Mexico-RalfR-WMA_0700-edit.jpg
|-
 
|
Nahuan:
* Pirámide de la Luna [spa]
 
|temple
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/StaCeciliaAcatitlanNorte.jpg/640px-StaCeciliaAcatitlanNorte.jpg
|Teotihuacán
 
|founded c. 100
Zapotecan:
|
 
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/LA_LUNA_DESDE_EL_SOL.JPG/640px-LA_LUNA_DESDE_EL_SOL.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Monte_Alban_West_Side_Platform.jpg/630px-Monte_Alban_West_Side_Platform.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pir%C3%A1mide_de_la_Luna
 
|-
== Structure ==
|
 
* Pirámide del Sol [spa]
=== Ballcourt ===
|temple
{| class="wikitable"
|Teotihuacán
!Classical Nahuatl
|founded c. 200
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/2020-02-11_Teotihuacan_la_Avenida_de_los_Muertos_y_la_Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Sol.jpg/640px-2020-02-11_Teotihuacan_la_Avenida_de_los_Muertos_y_la_Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Sol.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Sol
|-
|
* Pirámide del Adivino [spa]
|temple
|Yucatán
|founded 560
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Pyramid_of_the_Magician_%28Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Adivino%29%2C_Zona_Arqueol%C3%B3gica_de_Uxmal%2C_Yucatan%2C_Mexico.jpg/640px-Pyramid_of_the_Magician_%28Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Adivino%29%2C_Zona_Arqueol%C3%B3gica_de_Uxmal%2C_Yucatan%2C_Mexico.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Adivino,_Uxmal
|-
|
* ''Bʼolon Yej Teʼ Naah'' [emy]
|temple
|Yucatán
|built after 683
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tumba_de_pakal%2C_Chiapas.JPG/640px-Tumba_de_pakal%2C_Chiapas.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palenque_-_Temple_of_inscriptions
|-
|
* Templo del Gran Jaguar [spa]
|temple
|Flores
|founded c. 732
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Tikal_Temple1_2006_08_11.JPG/360px-Tikal_Temple1_2006_08_11.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tikal_Temple_I
|-
|
* El Castilo [spa]
|temple
|Tinúm
|founded 8<sup>th</sup> century; built 12<sup>th</sup> century
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Chichen_Itza_3.jpg/640px-Chichen_Itza_3.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chichen_Itza_-_Castillo
|-
|
* Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción [spa]
|cathedral
|Comayagua
|founded 1563; built 1711
|New Spanish Baroque
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/CATEDRAL_DE_COMAYAGUA_circa_2008.JPG/640px-CATEDRAL_DE_COMAYAGUA_circa_2008.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Comayagua_Cathedral
|-
|
* Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María a los cielos [spa]
|cathedral
|Mexico City
|founded 1573; built 1813
|Gothic, Plateresque, Baroque, Neoclassical
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mexico_City_Metropolitan_Cathedral_-_panoramio.jpg/640px-Mexico_City_Metropolitan_Cathedral_-_panoramio.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metropolitan_Cathedral_of_Mexico_City
|-
|
* Catedral de San Ildefonso de Yucatán [spa]
|cathedral
|Mérida
|founded 1592; built 1598
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Catedral_de_Yucat%C3%A1n.JPG/640px-Catedral_de_Yucat%C3%A1n.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cathedral_of_Saint_Ildephonsus_in_M%C3%A9rida
|-
|
* Catedral Basílica de la Asunción de María [spa]
|cathedral
|Zacatecas
|founded 1731; built 1752
|Churrigueresque, New Spanish Baroque, Neoclassical
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/2008_08_16_Zacatecas_%283%29.JPG/322px-2008_08_16_Zacatecas_%283%29.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cathedral_of_the_Assumption_in_Zacatecas
|-
|
* Templo de Santa Prisca [spa]
|temple
|Taxco
|founded 1751; built 1759
|New Spanish Baroque
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Taxco_Santa_Prisca.jpg/640px-Taxco_Santa_Prisca.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Santa_Prisca_Church_(Taxco_de_Alarc%C3%B3n)
|-
|
* Palacio de Iturbide [spa]
|palace; art gallery
|Mexico City
|founded 1779; built 1785
|New Spanish Baroque
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Palacio_de_Iturbide_-_Mexico_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Palacio_de_Iturbide_-_Mexico_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palace_of_Iturbide
|-
|
* Castillo de Chapultepec [spa]
|castle
|Mexico City
|founded c. 1785; built 1864
|Neo-Romanticism, Neoclassical, Neo-Gothic
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Vista_a%C3%A9rea_del_Castillo_de_Chapultepec_7.jpg/640px-Vista_a%C3%A9rea_del_Castillo_de_Chapultepec_7.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chapultepec_Castle
|-
|-
|tlachtli
|
* Alhóndiga de Granaditas [spa]
|granary; museum
|Guanajauto
|founded 1798; built 1809
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Alh%C3%B3ndiga_de_Granaditas_-_Guanajuato_capital%2C_GTO.jpg/640px-Alh%C3%B3ndiga_de_Granaditas_-_Guanajuato_capital%2C_GTO.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alhondiga_de_Granaditas,_Guanajuato
|}
|}
Nahuan:


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Xochicalco_ballcourt_2.jpg/640px-Xochicalco_ballcourt_2.jpg
{{Traditional-Architectures}}
 
{{other-lessons}}

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Generic Structure[edit | edit source]

structure function place of origin time image
  • tlachtli [nci]
 ballcourt Mesoamerica 1374 BC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mesoamerican_ballcourts
  • troje [nci]
 hut Michoacán https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:National_Museum_of_Anthropology_-_Pur%C3%A9pechan_troje_(1841)
  • xa'anil naj [nci]
 hut Yucatán https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casa_Maya_-_Xa%27anil_naj.jpg
  • temāzcalli [nci]
 ritual hut Mesoamerica https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temazcal

Specific Building[edit | edit source]

building function location time style image
  • Pirámide de la Luna [spa]
 temple Teotihuacán founded c. 100 640px-LA_LUNA_DESDE_EL_SOL.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pir%C3%A1mide_de_la_Luna

  • Pirámide del Sol [spa]
 temple Teotihuacán founded c. 200 640px-2020-02-11_Teotihuacan_la_Avenida_de_los_Muertos_y_la_Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Sol.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Sol

  • Pirámide del Adivino [spa]
 temple Yucatán founded 560 640px-Pyramid_of_the_Magician_%28Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Adivino%29%2C_Zona_Arqueol%C3%B3gica_de_Uxmal%2C_Yucatan%2C_Mexico.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pir%C3%A1mide_del_Adivino,_Uxmal

  • Bʼolon Yej Teʼ Naah [emy]
 temple Yucatán built after 683 640px-Tumba_de_pakal%2C_Chiapas.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palenque_-_Temple_of_inscriptions

  • Templo del Gran Jaguar [spa]
 temple Flores founded c. 732 360px-Tikal_Temple1_2006_08_11.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tikal_Temple_I

  • El Castilo [spa]
 temple Tinúm founded 8th century; built 12th century 640px-Chichen_Itza_3.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chichen_Itza_-_Castillo

  • Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción [spa]
 cathedral Comayagua founded 1563; built 1711 New Spanish Baroque 640px-CATEDRAL_DE_COMAYAGUA_circa_2008.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Comayagua_Cathedral

  • Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María a los cielos [spa]
 cathedral Mexico City founded 1573; built 1813 Gothic, Plateresque, Baroque, Neoclassical 640px-Mexico_City_Metropolitan_Cathedral_-_panoramio.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metropolitan_Cathedral_of_Mexico_City

  • Catedral de San Ildefonso de Yucatán [spa]
 cathedral Mérida founded 1592; built 1598 640px-Catedral_de_Yucat%C3%A1n.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cathedral_of_Saint_Ildephonsus_in_M%C3%A9rida

  • Catedral Basílica de la Asunción de María [spa]
 cathedral Zacatecas founded 1731; built 1752 Churrigueresque, New Spanish Baroque, Neoclassical 322px-2008_08_16_Zacatecas_%283%29.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cathedral_of_the_Assumption_in_Zacatecas

  • Templo de Santa Prisca [spa]
 temple Taxco founded 1751; built 1759 New Spanish Baroque 640px-Taxco_Santa_Prisca.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Santa_Prisca_Church_(Taxco_de_Alarc%C3%B3n)

  • Palacio de Iturbide [spa]
 palace; art gallery Mexico City founded 1779; built 1785 New Spanish Baroque 640px-Palacio_de_Iturbide_-_Mexico_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palace_of_Iturbide

  • Castillo de Chapultepec [spa]
 castle Mexico City founded c. 1785; built 1864 Neo-Romanticism, Neoclassical, Neo-Gothic 640px-Vista_a%C3%A9rea_del_Castillo_de_Chapultepec_7.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chapultepec_Castle

  • Alhóndiga de Granaditas [spa]
 granary; museum Guanajauto founded 1798; built 1809 640px-Alh%C3%B3ndiga_de_Granaditas_-_Guanajuato_capital%2C_GTO.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alhondiga_de_Granaditas,_Guanajuato


Architectures Costumes Foods Miscellaneous Handicrafts Musical Instruments Symbols and Motifs Visual Arts Vehicles Weapons and Armours Writings
Calendars and Clocks Performing Arts Economic Systems Festivals Games Literatures Martial Arts Music Religions and Folklores Political Systems Units of Measurement

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