What’s Montezuma Castle Nat’l Monument?

Montezuma Castle National Monument is a 20-room pueblo built by Sinagua Indians in Arizona during the 1100s. It was mistakenly named after the Aztec emperor Moctezuma by European settlers. President Theodore Roosevelt established it as a national monument in 1906. The structure is made of limestone rocks and adobe plaster, and contains doors, benches, storage […]

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