Aztec Architecture: Values And Civilization Of An Empire

The Aztec architecture is based on values and civilization of an empire. In order to understand the architecture of the Aztec’s, we need to know the history of the Aztec, where they come from and their religious background. How the structure of their daily homes where and what was their objective in building the empire. The many city of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan in Mexico city. The monumental city was built on top of a small island and wetland. After the Spanish conquest the Aztecs were robbed and all of the materials were used to build present day Mexico city. Many historians wanted to figure out their language of the Aztecs and took decades to figure out their language. When The Aztec were migrated, they left several of their
civilization behind because the migration to hundreds of years to occur. Although the people who founded Tenochtitlan stayed together to worship Huitzilopochtli, the sun and war god. They used to worship more than one god at the time and gained knowledge for architecture styles and techniques. The Aztecs had a strong infrastructures and a good mobilize system that help move materials and build their towns how they wanted. Tenochtitlan , the capital city , which symbolise Aztec power. Some structures that were used was geometric sweeping lines which represent of religious tenets and power of the state. Also have bas-walls, plazas and platforms, as media to represent their gods and thoughts. Aztecs kept adding more materials and structures during eras of their empire. Some of the most famous things that Aztecs build was the Pyramid temples. It was one of the most important architecture jobs because of their religious significance. It was to believe that they were mountains