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Tenayuca

Tenayuca: Aztec-era archaeological site in Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, founded by the Chichimec Xólotl around 1250; famous for its Templo Mayor pyramid, serpent-wall Coatepantli, and Xiuhcoatl altars.

Tennessee Heritage Protection Act

Tennessee Heritage Protection Act (THPA), Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-412: Tennessee law barring removal, relocation, or renaming of public-property memorials; enacted 2013, amended 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025; waivers decided by the Tennessee Monuments and Memorials Commission.

Tennoji Zoo

Tennoji Zoo (天王寺動物園) is Osaka's municipal zoo in Tennoji Park, opened 1 January 1915 as Japan's third zoo; about 200 species on 11 hectares, run since 2021 as Japan's first zoo local independent administrative agency.

Teopanzolco

Teopanzolco, an Aztec-era archaeological zone in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, also called El Mogote; Tlahuica then Mexica site (1200-1521 AD) with a twin-temple pyramid of Tláloc and Huitzilopochtli, the only such Postclassic structure in Morelos.

Teotenango

Teotenango: pre-Hispanic walled city on Cerro Tetépetl, Tenango del Valle, 20 km south of Toluca, Mexico. Founded by teotenancas, later Matlatzinca and Mexica; excavated 1971–1975 by Román Piña Chan.

Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan, a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican city 48 km northeast of Mexico City, flourished 1st–7th centuries AD with the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, the Avenue of the Dead, and over 2,000 apartment compounds.

Tepe Horreeye

Tepe Horreeye, also written Tappeh Horreyeh, is an archaeological site in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, known for an Elamite cuneiform inscription published by François Vallat in 1990.

TEPfactor

TEPfactor (Together Enjoy Play) is a Czech-origin chain of indoor adventure parks inspired by Fort Boyard, where teams of 2-6 complete 25 strength, logic, skill, and patience challenges in an artificial cave, paying per minute; locations include Slapy, Prague, Warsaw Blue City, and Dubai JBR.

Tepilora, Rio Posada and Montalbo Biosphere Reserve

Tepilora, Rio Posada and Montalbo Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB site in eastern Sardinia, Italy, designated 14 June 2017; 140,495 ha, 17 municipalities, about 50,000 residents, first Italian island reserve.

Tepozteco

El Tepozteco is a hilltop archaeological zone above Tepoztlán in Morelos, Mexico, whose temple to the pulque and fertility god Tepoztécatl flourished from about 1200 to 1521.

Tergolape

Tergolape: Roman mansio in Noricum ripense on the Ovilava (Wels) to Iuvavum (Salzburg) road, shown on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Laciacis and Ovilia; identified near Schwanenstadt, Schlatt, and Breitenschützing in Upper Austria, not yet archaeologically proven.

Tericiae

Tericiae (Tericias) was a Roman road station in Gallia Narbonensis on the Via Aurelia between Arles and Aix, 11 miles from Glanum, usually identified near Mouriès in Provence, though Aureille and other sites are also proposed.

Termas Romanas do Alto da Cividade

Termas Romanas do Alto da Cividade: the only known public Roman baths of Bracara Augusta (Braga, Portugal), on the Maximinos hill, built 1st-2nd century AD, abandoned in the 5th century, National Monument since 1986, musealized with an adjacent Roman theatre.

Terme del Nuotatore

Terme del Nuotatore (Baths of the Swimmer), Roman public baths at Ostia Antica (V,X,3), built 89-90 AD, abandoned mid-3rd century; famous for the swimmer mosaic and Carandini's influential ceramic excavations.

Terme Erculee

Terme Erculee (Herculean Baths): large late 3rd–early 4th century Roman bath complex of Mediolanum, Milan, attributed to Emperor Maximian Herculius, about 14,500 m², famed for imported marbles, mosaics, and a colossal Hercules torso.

Terra Natura (Spain)

Terra Natura Benidorm, a zoo and nature park in Benidorm, Alicante, Spain, with over 1,500 animals in Pangea, America, Asia, and Europe zones using "zoo immersion" invisible-barrier design, plus the adjacent Aqua Natura water park.

TERRA.vita UNESCO Global Geopark

TERRA.vita UNESCO Global Geopark (Natur- und Geopark TERRA.vita), a nature park and geopark in northwestern Germany near Osnabrück, exposing 300 million years of Earth history over 1,560 km²; founded 1962, UNESCO designation 2015.

Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus

Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus, Herculaneum: marble funerary altar and statue of the senator and patron Marcus Nonius Balbus, erected by public decree at his cremation spot, found by Maiuri in 1942.

Terracotta Army (兵马俑)

The Terracotta Army (兵马俑) is the ~7,000–8,000 life-sized ceramic warriors, horses, and bronze weapons buried in three pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum at Xi'an, discovered by well-digging farmers in 1974 and made by cellular workshops under centralized quality control.

Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark

Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark, in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Trás-os-Montes, northeastern Portugal, is a 700 km2 geopark designated in 2014, with 42 geosites, Pre-Mesozoic allochthonous units, and the Vilariça fault.

Terras do Miño Biosphere Reserve

Terras do Miño Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO MaB site in Lugo province, Galicia, Spain, designated 8 November 2002. Largest in Galicia at 363,668.9 ha across 26 municipalities of the upper Miño basin, with the Serra do Xistral's Iberian-only blanket bogs.

Terres d'Hérault UNESCO Global Geopark

Terres d'Hérault UNESCO Global Geopark, in Hérault department, Occitanie, France, designated 23 April 2026 as one of 12 new geoparks; 205,600 ha, 111–112 communes, 540 million years of geology, 12th French geopark.

Terres de l’Ebre, Catalonia Biosphere Reserve

Terres de l'Ebre Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera de les Terres de l'Ebre) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in southern Catalonia, Spain, covering the Ebro River's final stretch and delta.

Test Track

Test Track is EPCOT's high-speed automotive testing ride at Walt Disney World, opened March 17, 1999, replacing World of Motion. Sponsored by GM/Chevrolet, it reaches 65 mph on a sub-mile outdoor loop and was reimagined in 2012 and again as Test Track 3.0 in July 2025.

Teteles de Santo Nombre

Teteles de Santo Nombre (Nahuatl for "mound of stones") is a Classic-period Mesoamerican archaeological zone in Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, Puebla, Mexico: 60 hectares, 30-plus structures up to 22 m, a Teotihuacan-linked trade outpost, free entry with site museum.

Teuchitlan

Teuchitlán (Guachimontones), Jalisco, Mexico: pre-Columbian archaeological site and type site of the Teuchitlán tradition (350 BC-500 AD), known for circular stepped-cone pyramids, a 111 m ball court, and shaft tombs.

Teutoburgium

Teutoburgium was a Roman auxiliary fort on the Danube frontier of Pannonia, located at modern Dalj in eastern Croatia and occupied from the 1st to the 4th century.

Texas Health Mansfield Stadium

Texas Health Mansfield Stadium is a city-owned, 7,000-seat multi-use soccer stadium in Mansfield, Texas, opened July 1, 2026 in the Staybolt Street Entertainment District; home of North Texas SC (MLS NEXT Pro, FC Dallas affiliate) and a 2026 FIFA World Cup base camp for Czechia.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), Texas state conservation agency created 1963 by merger of the Game and Fish Commission and State Parks Board; manages 88 state parks, 49 wildlife management areas, and hunting, fishing, and boating regulation under a nine-member commission.

Texas School Book Depository

The Texas School Book Depository, at 411 Elm Street in Dallas, is the seven-story warehouse from whose sixth-floor southeast corner window Lee Harvey Oswald fired at President Kennedy on November 22, 1963; it is now the Dallas County Administration Building and houses The Sixth Floor Museum.