San Francisco de Campeche is a city in Campeche Municipality in the state of Campeche, Mexico, on the shore of the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico—and its municipal seat also serves as the state’s capital city. The city was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the […]
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Palenque
Palenque, also anciently known as Lakamha (literally: “Big Water”), was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7thcentury. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. AD 799. After its decline, it was absorbed into the jungle of cedar, mahogany, and sapodilla trees, but has since been excavated and […]
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán State, Mexico. Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic (c. AD 600–900) through the Terminal Classic (c. AD 800–900) and […]
The State Visits - World Heritage Site 