Chichén Itzá

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient Maya city archaeological site tourist attraction

Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Chichen Itza 1
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén-Itzá 1
Temple of Kukulcán 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient Maya city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Chaac ⓘ
Kukulcán ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity Kukulcán ⓘ
equinoxPhenomenon serpent-shaped shadow on El Castillo staircase ⓘ
flourished c. 9th–12th centuries CE ⓘ
foundedInCentury 5th century CE ⓘ
governingMunicipality Tinum, Yucatán ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Maya architecture ⓘ
Puuc style ⓘ
Toltec-influenced style ⓘ
hasAstronomicalAlignment equinox solar phenomenon at El Castillo ⓘ
hasFeature causeways ⓘ
cenotes ⓘ
large plazas ⓘ
observatory ⓘ
hasLargestOfType largest known Mesoamerican ball court ⓘ
hasStructure Akab Dzib ⓘ
Ball courts ⓘ
Casa Colorada ⓘ
El Caracol ⓘ
El Castillo ⓘ
Great Ball Court ⓘ
Group of a Thousand Columns ⓘ
La Iglesia ⓘ
Nunnery Complex ⓘ
Osario pyramid ⓘ
Platform of Venus ⓘ
Platform of the Skulls ⓘ
Sacred Cenote ⓘ
Chichén Itzá self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Kukulcán

Temple of the Warriors ⓘ
surface form: Temple of the Jaguars

Temple of the Warriors ⓘ
includedIn New7Wonders of the World ⓘ
surface form: New7Wonders of the World list (popular vote, 2007)
locatedIn Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
state of Yucatán ⓘ
surface form: Yucatán state
locatedNear Pisté, Yucatán ⓘ
Valladolid, Yucatán ⓘ
mainPyramid El Castillo ⓘ
modernUse major tourism destination ⓘ
nearbyAirport Cancún International Airport ⓘ
partOf pre-Columbian Mesoamerica ⓘ
peakPeriod Terminal Classic period ⓘ
recognizedAsWorldHeritageBy UNESCO ⓘ
servedAs major cultural center ⓘ
major political center ⓘ
major religious center ⓘ
worldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
worldHeritageDesignationYear 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

state of Yucatán → contains → Chichén Itzá ⓘ
subject surface form: Yucatán
southern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Chichén Itzá ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Chichén Itzá → hasStructure → Chichén Itzá self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Kukulcán
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
this entity surface form: Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén-Itzá
this entity surface form: Chichen Itza
Maya civilization → majorSite → Chichén Itzá ⓘ
Mesoamerica → majorSite → Chichén Itzá ⓘ
Cancún → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Chichén Itzá ⓘ