Chichen Itza is one of the most visited places in Mexico. Its Mayan archaeological site in the State of Yucatán is one of the largest in excavated area.

Its name comes from ?Boca-del-pozo (Chichen) of the water priests (Itzá), therefore Boca de Pozo de los Itzáes.

The name is due to the sacred cenote next to which the Maya established their city and that was a fundamental part of their culture and beliefs and that was linked to the god Chaak, deity of rain and water.

If its name is derived from the huatesque language, it is translated as ?bird-like snake?.

History of the City of Chichen Itza

When the Spanish conquerors arrived in XVI at the hands of Francisco de Montejo and the Franciscan Diego de Landa, they could only contemplate what had once been one of the most lively and active cities in America, since since the thirteenth century it had been abandoned , and already covered by dense vegetation.
Although inhabited since the third century A.D. the creation of a city of Chichén Itzá itself seems to begin in 525 A.D. when populations that came from the south were building settlements such as Tikal in Guatemala, Copán in Honduras, or Palenque, Mayapan, Ek Balam and Uxmal in Yucatán and Chiapas.

Its growth was exponential, exercising a supremacy over the rest of Mayan cities.

Visit to Chichen Itza

In 1988 Unesco surrendered to reality by granting the prestigious seal of World Heritage to the archaeological site of Chichen Itza. Alre...