 | Top Chichen-Itza Pictures (13 fotos) | | Chichen Itza (Chichen-Itza is pronounced Ciceniza), the second most visited Mayan archaeological site in Mexico. Between 6 th and 11 th century Chichen Itza (Ciceniza) was a major Maya city. The ... |
|  | Mayan Pyramid Castillo (12 fotos) | | El Castillo, the world's most famous Mayan pyramid dominates the center of Chichen Itza. The Mayan pyramid El Castillo is a temple of Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent, god of wind and knowledge. |
|  | Temple of the Warriors (7 fotos) | | The Temple of the Warriors, a large stepped pyramid complex belonging to the Temple of the Warriors. The complex belongs also a square with long rows of carved columns depicting warriors, the ... |
|  | Group of 1000 Columns (4 fotos) | | Adjacent to the Temple of the Warriors is a large plaza surrounded by pillars, the market-place belonging to the Grupo de las Mil Columns (group of a thousand columns). |
|  | Cenote Sagrado (16 fotos) | | The Sacred Cenote, the most famous cenote of Chichen Itza. The cenotes are large and deep natural wells are very common in Yucatan. During the ceremonies were thrown into the Cenote Sagrado Maya ... |
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|  | Pelota Great Ballcourt (8 fotos) | | The "stage of the Maya", the largest field for the ball game (juego de pelota) to the ancient Mayan civilization. 166 m long, 68 off 12 meters surrounded by walls that hold the stone rings ... |
|  | Observatory El Caracol (5 fotos) | | The Obserrvatorio the osserrvatorio astronomical round building nicknamed El Caracol (the snail) from this spiral staircase inside. At the time of the ancient Maya, the observation of stars helped ... |
|  | Tzompantli (4 fotos) | | Tzompantli, the wall of skulls. |
|  | Venus Platform (3 fotos) | | The platform of Venus, Venus de plataforma dedicated to Venus. It is located opposite the pyramid El Castillo, in front of the entrance to the Ceremonial Fire, the path leading to the Cenote Sagrado. ... |
|  | Ossuary Ossario (6 fotos) | | This temple in the form of stepped pyramid is a smaller version of the great pyramid El Castillo. |
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