Nobody knows for sure who built a series of some dozen circular pyramids in Guachimontones. It´s only in the last 10 years that archeologists have been working this site, which is about an hour northwest of Guadalajara.
Archeologists believe the constructions began about 2,000 years ago and that the site was abandoned after a major fire 400 years later.
Many of the pyramids have not been excavated and are overgrown with bushes and trees. It´s a lovely place to go for an afternoon. There are wildflowers and beautiful countryside spread along a lake far below. You can see why someone would build something sacred here. It has a magic to it.
The day we went there was a youth group dressed in native garb performing dances and invoking ancient gods and goddesses.
Our daughter Bridget was here visiting for a few days and came with us to the pyramids.
I never saw an arcade that I didn´t like. This one is on the town square in Teuchtitlán, near Guachimontones.
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