![]() Juan de Torquemada described in his Monarquía indiana how Moctezuma Xocoyotzin ordered to bring a large rock from Tenanitla, today San Ángel, to Tenochtitlan, but on the way it fell on the bridge of the Xoloco neighborhood. According to Diego Durán, the emperor Axayácatl "was also busy in carving the famous and large stone, very carved where the figures of the months and years, days and weeks were sculpted". There are no clear indications about the authorship or purpose of the monolith, although there are certain references to the construction of a huge block of stone by the Mexicas in their last stage of splendor. Although the exact date of its creation is unknown, the name glyph of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II in the central disc dates the monument to his reign between 15. The monolith was carved by the Mexica at the end of the Mesoamerican Postclassic Period. 5.2 Calendar iconography in other objects.Early scholars initially thought that the stone was carved in the 1470s, though modern research suggests that it was carved some time between 15. Following its rediscovery, the sun stone was mounted on an exterior wall of the cathedral, where it remained until 1885. It was rediscovered on 17 December 1790 during repairs on the Mexico City Cathedral. ![]() Shortly after the Spanish conquest, the monolithic sculpture was buried in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City. It measures 358 centimetres (141 in) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in) thick, and weighs 24,590 kg (54,210 lb). The Aztec sun stone ( Spanish: Piedra del Sol) is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture. National Anthropology Museum ( Mexico City) ![]() Sun stone, at National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Mexicoġ7 December 1790 at El Zócalo, Mexico City ![]()
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