Izamal

E294163

Izamal is a historic colonial town in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its striking yellow-painted buildings and important Mayan archaeological sites.

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Label Occurrences
Izamal canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipal seat
builtOver pre-Hispanic Maya structures
climate tropical savanna climate
connectedByHighwayTo Mérida
Valladolid
conqueredBy Spanish conquistadors
country Mexico
culturalRegion Maya area
devotionTo Sanctuary of Our Lady of Izamal
surface form: Virgin of Izamal
distanceFrom Mérida, approximately 70 kilometers east
economicActivity agriculture
handicrafts
tourism
foundedBy Maya peoples
surface form: Maya people
governingBody Municipality of Izamal
surface form: Municipal government of Izamal
hasArchaeologicalCulture Maya civilization
hasArchaeologicalSite Papholchac pyramid
Pyramid of Kinich Kakmó
surface form: Pyramid of Itzamatul

Pyramid of Kinich Kakmó
hasBuildingColorScheme predominantly yellow façades
hasHeritageStatus Pueblo Mágico
hasNickname La Ciudad Amarilla
La Ciudad de las Tres Culturas
hasPilgrimageSite Sanctuary of Our Lady of Izamal
heritageDesignationBy Secretaría de Turismo de México
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era
knownFor Maya archaeological sites
colonial architecture
religious pilgrimages
syncretism of Maya and Catholic traditions
yellow-painted colonial buildings
localIndigenousLanguage Yucatec Maya
locatedIn Yucatán state
surface form: Yucatán
locatedInCountrySubdivision state of Yucatán
surface form: State of Yucatán
locatedInRegion southeastern Mexico
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
locatedOn Yucatán Peninsula
partOf Municipality of Izamal
primaryLanguage Spanish
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
religiousBuilding Convent of San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio de Padua Church
stateCapitalOf none
touristAttraction Convent of San Antonio de Padua atrium
Pyramid of Kinich Kakmó
surface form: Kinich Kakmó pyramid

historic yellow town center

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state of Yucatán contains Izamal
subject surface form: Yucatán
Yucatán state contains Izamal
subject surface form: Yucatán