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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nojpetén - Ancient Village or Settlement in Guatemala

Submitted by XIII on Tuesday, 05 April 2016  Page Views: 1867

Multi-periodSite Name: Nojpetén Alternative Name: Tayasal
Country: Guatemala Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Flores
Latitude: 16.929722N  Longitude: 89.891667W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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XIII visited on 1st Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 5

Nojpetén
Nojpetén submitted by XIII : Maya stela in the central plaza of Flores. This stela comes from the nearby site of Ixlu. The church in the background was build with stones from the old temples of Nojpetén (Vote or comment on this photo)
Nojpetén (also known as Tayasal) was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala. The island is now occupied by the modern town of Flores, the capital of the Petén department.

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Nojpetén
Nojpetén submitted by XIII : Maya stela in the central plaza of Flores. This stela comes from the nearby site of Ixlu. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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