Palenque

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient Maya city archaeological site

Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Palenque canonical 38
Palenque archaeological site 5
Palace of Palenque 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient Maya city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedInCentury 9th century ⓘ
architectureStyle Classic Maya architecture ⓘ
associatedWith House of Pakal dynasty ⓘ
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans 18th century explorers ⓘ
earlyExplorer Antonio del Río ⓘ
Frederick Catherwood ⓘ
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck ⓘ
John Lloyd Stephens ⓘ
excavatedBy Alberto Ruz Lhuillier ⓘ
floruit 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
function ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
hasPart Aqueduct ⓘ
Ballcourt ⓘ
Group of the Cross ⓘ
Palenque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Palenque

Temple of the Skull ⓘ
surface form: Temple XIII

Temple of the Cross ⓘ
Temple of the Cross ⓘ
surface form: Temple of the Foliated Cross

Temple of the Inscriptions ⓘ
Temple of the Skull ⓘ
surface form: Temple of the Red Queen

Temple of the Skull ⓘ
Temple of the Sun ⓘ
inscriptionsType Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
knownFor elaborate stucco sculpture ⓘ
hieroglyphic texts ⓘ
intricate inscriptions ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
refined architectural style ⓘ
well-preserved temples ⓘ
language Classic period in Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Classic Maya
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Tumbalá mountains foothills ⓘ
Usumacinta River ⓘ
surface form: Usumacinta River basin
locatedNear Usumacinta River ⓘ
modern town of Palenque ⓘ
notableDiscovery Temple of the Inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: sarcophagus of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
period Classic period of Maya civilization ⓘ
region western Maya lowlands ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1987 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America ⓘ
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean

Referenced by (55)

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

Mesoamerica → majorSite → Palenque ⓘ
Maya civilization → majorSite → Palenque ⓘ
Palenque → hasPart → Palenque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Palenque
Classic period in Mesoamerica → hasMajorCenter → Palenque ⓘ
State of Chiapas → containsArchaeologicalSite → Palenque ⓘ
southern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Chiapas → containsCity → Palenque ⓘ
Chiapas → containsArchaeologicalSite → Palenque ⓘ
Maya stelae → foundAt → Palenque ⓘ
Tumbalá mountains foothills → locatedNear → Palenque ⓘ
Temple of the Cross → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
Temple of the Cross → partOf → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palenque archaeological site
Temple of the Cross → nearby → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Palenque
Temple of the Sun → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of the Sun (Palenque)
Temple of the Sun → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of the Sun (Palenque)
this entity surface form: ancient Maya city of Palenque
Temple of the Sun → partOf → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of the Sun (Palenque)
this entity surface form: Cross Group (Palenque)
Group of the Cross → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
Group of the Cross → partOf → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palenque archaeological site
Group of the Cross → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Palenque ⓘ
Group of the Cross → locatedNear → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Palenque
Temple of the Skull → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
Temple of the Skull → partOf → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palenque archaeological site
House of Pakal dynasty → country → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya city-state of Palenque
House of Pakal dynasty → ruled → Palenque ⓘ
House of Pakal dynasty → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
House of Pakal dynasty → capital → Palenque ⓘ
House of Pakal dynasty → associatedWithStructure → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Palenque
House of Pakal dynasty → archaeologicalSite → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palenque archaeological zone
John Lloyd Stephens → described → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya site of Palenque
Frederick Catherwood → documentedSite → Palenque ⓘ
western Maya lowlands → hasMajorSite → Palenque ⓘ
Temple of the Inscriptions → locatedIn → Palenque ⓘ
Temple of the Inscriptions → partOf → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palenque archaeological site
Temple of the Inscriptions → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Palenque ⓘ
Temple of the Inscriptions → associatedWithCityState → Palenque ⓘ
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I → birthPlace → Palenque ⓘ
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I → deathPlace → Palenque ⓘ
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I → capital → Palenque ⓘ
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I → associatedWith → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace complex of Palenque
Maya → hadMajorCity → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Classic period → mainCity → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Classic period (Maya civilization)
Maya architecture → notableSite → Palenque ⓘ
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier → workLocation → Palenque ⓘ
Maya lowlands → contains → Palenque ⓘ
Lacandon Jungle → contains → Palenque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palenque region
Antonio del Río → placeOfWork → Palenque ⓘ
Maya calendar → notableSite → Palenque ⓘ
Tenosique → roadAccessFrom → Palenque ⓘ
southeastern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Palenque ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Mexico
Pomona (Maya site) → hasNeighboringSite → Palenque ⓘ