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Location:
State
of Yucatan, 120 Km east of Merida. 205 Km west of Cancun.
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Description |
History:
Many years ago, a group of warriors called the Itzá,
conquered a city in what is today part of the Yucatan in Mexico.
They called it Chichén-Itzá, which means place of
the "mouth of the well of the Itzá".
The area around Chichén-Itzá had a least two such
wells called cenotes, the most famous being the Cenote of Sacrifice.
The Mayas who lived in Chichén-Itzá built many palaces,
temples, and monuments. They not only were powerful warriors but
also wise men who studied the stars and left a written record of
their history in the form of carved glyphs.
Many kings governed the city and gave orders to construct higher
and higher buildings. As the Mayas were great artists, they painted
them with many colors and decorated them with beautiful sculptures.
In many of them you can see a feathered snake. It was its main god
named Kukulcán.
One day, the Mayas of Chichén-Itzá decided to leave
their city. Archaeologists do not know why but they left and the
city remained silent in the middle of the Yucatan jungle...
Main attractions : Pyramid of Kukulkan, The Observatory, Temple of the Warriors, the Thousand Columns platform, Chac Mool, the Ball Game, Sacred Cenote(Sinkhole), The Snail, platform of the Jaguars and Eagles, the Red House, the Old Chichen
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The Castle (Pyramid of Kukulkan) |
Figure of the Temple of the Jaguar |
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| Chac-Mool |
Platform of Skulls |
The Thousand Columns platform |
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| The Observatory |
Turquoise Disk of Mosaic |
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