El Tajin Papantla
El Tajin Papantla
The ‘Papantla’ is a pre-Columbian archaeological zone near the city of Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. It is believed that the city of Tajin was the capital of the Totonaca empire and reached its apogee in the transition to the Postclassic period, also known as the Mesoamerican Epiclassic Period, between 800 and 1150; El Tajín has several ball game fields and pyramidal bases.1
Located at 120 m of altitude between the basins of the Cazones and Tecolutla rivers. The climate is tropical warm, with an average annual temperature of 25.3 ° C and average annual rainfall of 1500 mm. Its vegetation is low deciduous forest, consisting of trees that lose their leaves during the winter season. 7 kilometers from Papantla de Olarte, Veracruz and 16 kilometers from the City of Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, along the Canoas – Martínez de la Torre highway.