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El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], 'the Castle'), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18.
El Castillo, a faux castle in Chancay, Peru; El Castillo, a route up the Chimborazo volcano, Ecuador; El Castillo Hotel, a historic building in Valle Hermoso, Argentina; Antiguo Cuartel Militar Español de Ponce, or El Castillo, a historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico; Upuigma-tepui, or El Castillo, a table mountain in Bolívar state, Venezuela
This platform is located north of El Castillo, between it and the Cenote Sagrado. [56] The Temple of the Tables is the northernmost of a series of buildings to the east of El Castillo. Its name comes from a series of altars at the top of the structure that are supported by small carved figures of men with upraised arms, called "atlantes."
The Cueva del Castillo, or Cave of the Castle, is an archaeological site within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. Engraved and perforated stag antler baton ( pendant ?) of upper Magdalenian age, carved with image of stag
The chosen site was the site of the present-day village of El Castillo. Construction of the fortress, initially named Fortaleza de la Limpia Pura e Inmaculada Concepción (now known as the Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción, or Fortress of the Immaculate Conception), was begun on March 10, 1673, and completed in 1675. [3]
Carvings on the peak of the El Castillo pyramid (Structure A6) at Xunantunich, Belize. It is the second tallest structure in Belize (after the temple at Caracol), at some 130 feet (40 m) tall. El Castillo is the “axis mundi” of the site, or the intersection of the two cardinal lines.
Pyramid El Castillo (The Castle), 2022 Windows in El Castillo's sea-facing wall. Tulum was protected on one side by steep sea cliffs and on the landward side by a wall that averaged about 3–5 meters (10–16 ft) in height. The wall also was about 8 m (26 ft) thick and 400 m (1,300 ft) long on the side parallel to the sea.
El Castillo is a municipality located on the Río San Juan (San Juan River) in the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua.The settlement of what would eventually become the municipality of El Castillo began in 1673, when construction of the Fortaleza de la Limpia Pura e Inmaculada Concepción, (now known as the Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción, or Fortress of the Immaculate Conception) was ...