Montezuma Castle:
Montezuma Castle is an ancient dwelling located in the Verde Valley in central Arizona. Thanks to its colorful name, the five-story, 20-room building sheltered high in a limestone cliff is often mistakenly referred to is the former home of the Aztec emperor, Montezuma. Scholars have proven, however, that the early white settlers who assumed these facts were mistaken. In truth, Montezuma likely never stepped foot in Arizona, and cliff-dwelling Sinagua Indians built Montezuma Castle. The Sinagua people are a pre-Columbian culture closely related to the Hohokam and other indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD.
