Uxmal

 
How to get there

By bus from Mérida about 1.5 hours or from Campeche; by car from Mérida 80km/50mi on the MEX 261, from Campeche 152km/94mi on the MEX 261.

The famous Maya site of Uxmal is situated on a plain covered with thick scrub 80km/50mi south of Mérida in the north-west of the Yucatán Peninsula. Although in terms of surface area it is not one of the largest excavation sites in Mexico, Uxmal, with its preponderance of classical Maya-Puuc architecture, lays claim to being one of the most unified and beautiful pre-Columbian sites in the whole country. In 1996 Uxmal was declared by UNESCO a world cultural heritage site.

History

It is thought that Uxmal (Maya: "thrice built") was founded by a tribe which had wandered northwards from the area of Petén (in present-day Guatemala) during the 6th c. AD, which falls in the Maya Classic period. The existence of an earlier settlement, possibly in the pre-Classic period, can not be ruled out.
Address: Mayan Sites of the Yucatán, , Yucatan , Mexico
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Uxmal Surroundings

Pyramid and archway, Uxmal.Pyramid and archway, Uxmal.
Mayan ruins at Uxmal.Mayan ruins at Uxmal.
Detail of a carving at Uxmal.Detail of a carving at Uxmal.
One of the sculptures on a building in the Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal.One of the sculptures on a building in the Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal.
The massive staircase of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal.The massive staircase of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal.
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