El Castillo/Chichen Itza

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El Castillo/Chichen Itza By mlw2

Map

Location El Castillo is located at 20 degrees about north longitude and about 88 degrees west latitude, also it`s in Mexico.

Facts Chichen Itza is a large Pre-Columbian archeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatan Peninsula. El Castillo is a step -pyramid topped by a temple to Mayan God Kukulcan. It is 91 feet high with 91 steps plus the top platform- totaling 365 steps one for each day of the year.

Physical features Lavando la Ropa is a place in Guatemala where ladies come to wash their families clothes in a rock basin.

Extra Info. El Castillo is the most popular Mayan Temple that has ever existed. It has been visited to pray to the god that supposedly lived there.