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The ruins are situated along the north bank of the San Esteban River, a tributary of the Río Grande de San Miguel which flows into the Pacific Ocean. The site is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west-northwest of the town of San Miguel. [8] Quelepa is 13 miles (21 km) north of the neighbouring site of Los Llanitos. [9]
Mexico The Temple of the Murals Maya: 580 to 800 CE Calakmul. Mexico Structure I Maya: 40 Calakmul. Mexico The Great Pyramid - Structure II Maya: 55 593 CE Chacchoben. Mexico Temple 1 Maya: 20 Chichen Itza. Mexico El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcan) Maya: 55.3 30 Cholula. Mexico The Great Pyramid of Cholula: 450 sq. 66 300 BCE - 800 CE
Mexico City was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, that was founded in the 14th century. There are remains of Aztec buildings, including the main temple, Templo Mayor . As the capital of New Spain until the 19th century, the city has numerous colonial buildings, including the Cathedral (pictured) and several churches, as ...
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Suspected extension of the historical Lenca people. Since pre-European times the Lencas occupied various areas of what is now known as Honduras and El Salvador.The Salvadoran archaeological site of Quelepa (which was inhabited from the pre-classic period to the beginning of the early post-classic period) is considered a site that was inhabited and ruled by the Lencas.
Old Tanauan Church Ruins; Pamitaan Site, Solana, Cagayan; Pandanan Shipwreck; Pinagbayanan excavation; Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape; Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras; Rizal Archaeological Site (Kalinga) San Diego (ship) at Nasugbu, Batangas; Sheik Karimol Makhdum Mosque; Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines
Palenque (Spanish pronunciation:; Yucatec Maya: Bàakʼ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamha ("big water or big waters"), [1] [2] was a Maya city-state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD.
Model of the various structures that make up the pyramid. The Great Pyramid was an important religious and mythical centre in preinvasion times. [10] Over a period of a thousand years prior to the Spanish Invasion, consecutive construction phases gradually built up the bulk of the pyramid until it became the largest in Mexico by volume.