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Multi-periodSite Name: Chichen Itza Alternative Name: Chichén Itzá, El Castillo, Kukulkan’s TempleCountry: Mexico Region: Yucatan Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Merida, Yucatan
Latitude: 20.682778N Longitude: 88.569167W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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mfrincu visited on 28th Dec 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Breathtaking! The size and complexity of the site is amazing! You need at least a couple of days to explore. Don't take bus tours as you'll arrive late and don't see much!
XIII visited on 1st Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Rileyy visited on 1st Jan 2006 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
ModernExplorers visited on 2nd Jan 2003 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 A complex full of treasures
graemefield visited on 27th Oct 1999 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
43559959 visited on 20th Nov 1990 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
canucklehead visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Ogham DrewParsons paulcall davidmorgan Ahdzib MelissaBWrite have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.63 Access: 4.38
The site is now owned and managed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History, but was privately owned up until 2010. The primary Pyramid in the complex is El Castillo (Kukulcán pyramid.) It is considered to have been built to include calendar markers. It has 91 steps to the top on each side (totaling 364 steps plus one for the platform at the top making 365 steps). 52 panels on each side represent the 52 year cycle of the Maya calendar. The west side has a serpent head carved at the foot of the staircase, On the spring or fall equinox, at sunrise, the nine pyramid levels cast a shadow on the staircase edge mimicking a slithering snake body, but there is little evidence that this was an intentionally built feature. The serpent heads are part of the layer of the pyramid that was completely covered in the later occupations of the site. They were only discovered, excavated, and restored in the 1920-30's.
The location given is general for the complex.
Resources:
* Coe, Andrew, Archaeologial Mexico, Avelon Travel, 2001.
* TekTrek offers a labeled areal view and detailed map of Chichen-Itza briefly describing the major buildings. For a fee they offer downloads for MP3 players with an audio tour (90 min) and images of the site and costumed reenactors.
Note: Original pyramid found nestled inside two larger ones at Maya ruins of Kukulcán - Chichen Itza. See latest comment.
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