Cerro Del Chiquihuite

Cerro del Chiquihuite Hill is a slope situated in the north of Mexico City, in the precinct of Gustavo A. Madero and circumscribing the region of Tlalnepantla in the State of Mexico. The slope has a stature of 2,730 meters 8,960 ft above ocean level and structures some portion of the Sierra Guadalupe mountain go. It was utilized as a taping area for the 1993 Mexican film Lolo. The Cerro del Chiquihuite is a volcanic exogenic arch made of andesitic shake stored in layers of fluctuating thickness that hint at outrageous enduring. Before, Chiquihuite had springs of water dissipated over its surface, however with the death of years, these springs have lessened in size.

Amid the 15th century, the Cerro del Chiquihuite was situated on the shores of Lake Texcoco, about 9 to 12 kilometers from the core of the Aztecan domain, Tenochtitlan. The Cerro Del Chiquihuite was made essentially of a pinkish and violet shake called andesita de lamprobolita, an extrusive volcanic shake. One of the guideline benefits of this stone is the pseudo stratification of its stored layers of changing thickness. This trademark takes into account level slices of stone to be gotten effortlessly to be utilized for the tiling of the floor, corners and overhead workmanship. Among the towns situated in the bowl of Mexico, this kind of shake was known as Tenayocatetl Piedra de Tenayuca, and was utilized in the development of the Templo Mayor.