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Chichen Itza is located in the eastern section of the state of yucatan , just 120 km. From the city of Merida , along the highway to Cancun .
Maya for (“Mouth of the well of the itzaes”) chichen itza is one of the most controversial, studied and visited ruins of the maya word. Its history and its chronology are the subject od debates and the fate of this people a puzzle that archeologies continues to theorize about as excavations continue.
The itzaes sstteled in chichen itza in the IX Century A.C believed to be putun or chontals mayas, they forged a winde empire with one culture centered in chichen itza . Nevertheless, around 1250 a.C The city was abandoned for reasons still not completely understood. The power of this city was so gread that centuries asfter its fall, it is still a site of peregrination and adoration. Even as recently as 1540 a.C. Francisco de Montejo, founder of merida , considered making it his capital.
The castle of kukulcan risign 30 meters from the earth is the most impressive building. Its age is dificult to calculate, being estimated 650 and 800 a.C
The numbers of its different measurements related to digits in the maya calendar; for example, 91 steps on 4 sides, or 364, plus the platform,365, the numbers of days in a year. The five adornments on each side the temple are 5 x 4 or 20, the number of days in a maya moth. This building, revealing theprofound knowledge of the mayas, every year during the equinox demostrates the descending of the god KukulChichen itza observatorycan, “the feathered serpent”, to erath in a ligth and shadow phenomenon that every year attracts visitors from all over the world.
The ball has a cosmic meaning. With is warlike symbols and almost perfect acoustics it is one of the oldest construction in the zone, bearing the date 864 a.C.
Chichen Itza Mexico
The Castle or pyramid of kukulcan
- The marketplace
- The steam bath
- Temple of the warriors or group of the thousands columns
- Platform of Venus or of the dance
- Sacred well or the well of the sacrifices
- Tzompantli
- Platform of eagles and jaguars
- The ball court and the temple of the jaguars
The central group
Having for t he most part pure Maya architecture, has the following structures
- The ossuary
- The red house
- The house of the deer
- The caracol observatory
- The nunnery
- The church
- Akab Dzib
- Temple of the carved panels
- Well of toloc
Chichen Itza Services
- Market
- Parking
- Library
- Restaurants Area
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