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Yohualichan
Country: Mexico.

Yohualichan, of the nahuatl yohualli (night) and lichan (their house) it means "House of the Night."

It was founded towards the year 400 D.C. by the Totonacas. According to the legend, they also built the pyramids of the Sun and of the Moon in Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, and in the Tajín in Veracruz.

They occupied the place until near the year 800 D.C. the Toltecas settled later, until near the year 1200 in which the Chichimecas arrived who also settled in Tlatlauqui, Zeutla, Ixtacamaxtitlan, Tetela and Ayotoxco.

The archaeological site is formed by ceremonial, administrative buildings and of meeting or transit, squares, residence areas, and production areas. The main group of pyramids, surrounds a great square with a stairway in the angle that form the Pyramids of "Las Grecas" and "Oeste" (West), as well as a small tunnel in this last one.

They used contention walls systematically in the ravines, forming terraces on those that the houses and the small ceremonial buildings were built that still last in Yohualichan.

The Totonac establishment was plundered and destroyed successively by the Toltecas, Chichimecas and Nahuas, these last ones occupied the materials to build some current buildings.

The prehispanic town was located in the same place that the current town; the residence pattern of the neighborhoods subsists, in the sense that each palm and bamboo or wood house occupies a place next to the "Milpa" (cornfield).

Palaces were also built for the rulers, a ball game and, later on, an embedded tomb.

In the temples people rendered cult to the Water whose value was so much physical as religious.

Yohualichan - Archaeological Site

Admission: $17 pesos. Teachers and Students: $8.50 pesos. Sundays: Free entrace. Schedule: 10:00 - 17:00 hours. Wednesday to Sunday.

How to arrive?

You can arrive by van from Cuetzalan, taken from the street Pinolaco (parallel to Miguel Alvarado - below). The van leaves you in the crossing of the highway and then you walk a kilometer to arrive (it is down hill, which makes it quite easy).

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	Yohualichan Country: Mexico. Yohualichan, of the nahuatl yohualli (night) and lichan (their house) it means "House of the Night." It was founded towards the year 400 D.C. by the Totonacas. According to the legend, they also built the pyramids of the Sun and of the Moon in Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, and in the Tajín in Veracruz. They occupied the place until near the year 800 D.C. the Toltecas settled later, until near the year 1200 in which the Chichimecas arrived who also settled in Tlatlauqui, Zeutla, Ixtacamaxtitlan, Tetela and Ayotoxco. The archaeological site is formed by ceremonial, administrative buildings and of meeting or transit, squares, residence areas, and production areas. The main group of pyramids, surrounds a great square with a stairway in the angle that form the Pyramids of "Las Grecas" and "Oeste" (West), as well as a small tunnel in this last one. They used contention walls systematically in the ravines, forming terraces on those that the houses and the small ceremonial buildings were built that still last in Yohualichan. The Totonac establishment was plundered and destroyed successively by the Toltecas, Chichimecas and Nahuas, these last ones occupied the materials to build some current buildings. The prehispanic town was located in the same place that the current town; the residence pattern of the neighborhoods subsists, in the sense that each palm and bamboo or wood house occupies a place next to the "Milpa" (cornfield). Palaces were also built for the rulers, a ball game and, later on, an embedded tomb. In the temples people rendered cult to the Water whose value was so much physical as religious. Yohualichan - Archaeological Site Admission: $17 pesos. Teachers and Students: $8.50 pesos. Sundays: Free entrace. Schedule: 10:00 - 17:00 hours. Wednesday to Sunday. How to arrive? You can arrive by van from Cuetzalan, taken from the street Pinolaco (parallel to Miguel Alvarado - below). The van leaves you in the crossing of the highway and then you walk a kilometer to arrive (it is down hill, which makes it quite easy).