Mexico - Chichen Itza

Marco Rodríguez - Mexico - 23.04.2012

Chichen Itza

Una de las 7 maravillas del mundo, con su piramide de Kukulcan y el chac mool.

Chichen Itza (900-1200 A.D) was the last inhabited Mayan City, in the Peninsula of Yucatan. This place had influence from the Toltecs, a culture in central Mexico, in its religion and architecture, like the use of a ball game court, an observatory and the figure of Chac Mool.

At background, the Pyramid of Kukulcan (God of Wind, Quetzalcoatl for the Toltecs). It counts with 4 stairs and 365 steps.

During Spring's Equinox, the sunlight projected on its sides feigns the shadow of a snake going down until it fades in the ground.

UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988