TIKAL,
PETEN (North Guatemala) Tikal means “Place of
Voices”. It is nowadays, the biggest Mayan City known
and studied. The park has an extension of 358 square miles (576 Kms.)
It was declared Human Heritage patrimony, by UNESCO in 1979. Among its
main temples and plazas is recommended to
visit: Major Plaza: It is the Archeological
Park of Tikal, surrounded by impressionist buildings as the Temples I
and II, the North and Central Acropolis, as well as a big range of
altars that took part of the dynastic history of the Mayan
Civilization in Tikal. Temple I: Known also as Big Jaguar
Temple, it was built around the 700 year of our era. Its crest reaches
27 miles high (45 Mts). Temple II: It is
known also as "Temple of Masks". The temple was built by the
governor Ah Cacao around the 700 AD. North Acropolis: It is a
religious complex in Tikal. It is the most complete individual
construction until now excavated in the Mayan area. Temple
IV: It has 43 miles high (70 Mts.), it is the highest structure in
Tikal and is called “Two-headed Snake Temple”. Visitants
are able to climb up to the crest base. The most beautiful sight of
Tikal in the tropical forest can be watched from
here. There
also other important temples as Temple III, Temple V, Inscription
Temple, Big Pyramid Plaza or Lost Word, Palacio de las Ventanas
(Window Palace). |