Kabah

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Kabah is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its elaborate Puuc-style architecture and richly decorated palace facades.

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Kabah canonical 4
Kabáh 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya city
ancient city
archaeological site
abandonedInCentury 10th century
architecturalStyle Puuc style
connectedBy raised causeway (sacbe)
connectedTo Uxmal
country Mexico
culture Maya civilization
discoveredByEuropeansInCentury 19th century
distanceToUxmal approximately 23 km
excavatedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
floruit 7th century
8th century
9th century
hasArchitecturalFeature colonnades
corbelled arches
mosaic stone façades
roof combs
hasBuildingType arch
palace
pyramid
temple
hasPart Codz Poop
Palace of the Masks
arch of Kabah
palatial complexes
pyramidal structures
sacbe to Uxmal
hasReliefDepictionsOf geometric motifs
Chaac
surface form: rain god Chaac

serpents
heritageDesignation part of Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedIn Yucatán Peninsula
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory state of Yucatán
locatedInGeographicalFeature Puuc hills (Los Puuc)
surface form: Puuc hills
locatedInRegion Puuc region
locatedNear Highway 261 (Uxmal–Santa Elena road)
materialUsed limestone
notableFor elaborate Puuc-style architecture
richly decorated palace facades
openToPublic true
periodOfSignificance Late Classic period
primaryConstructionMaterial cut stone masonry
regionType lowland tropical forest
surveyedBy Frederick Catherwood
John Lloyd Stephens
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1996

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uxmal locatedNear Kabah
Puuc style associatedSite Kabah
Puuc region hasArchaeologicalSite Kabah
this entity surface form: Kabáh
Sayil connectedTo Kabah
Labná nearbySite Kabah