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Montezuma Castle National Monument protects a set of well-preserved dwellings located in Camp Verde, Arizona, which were built and used by the Sinagua people, a pre-Columbian culture closely related to the Hohokam and other indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, [4] between approximately AD 1100 and 1425. The main structure ...
Montezuma Well – The Montezuma Well is a detached unit of the Montezuma Castle National Monument located near Rimrock and Camp Verde. The Montezuma Well is a natural limestone sinkhole. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, reference #66000082. Cliff dwellings – The cliff dwellings of the Sinagua people in the Montezuma ...
The Montezuma Castle is a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m 2), 400 room Queen Anne style hotel building erected just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1886 (the site was at the time called "Las Vegas Hot Springs," but is now known as "Montezuma"). The current castle is actually the third on the site, the first two (dating to 1881 and ...
Montezuma Castle may refer to: Montezuma Castle National Monument in Camp Verde, Arizona; Montezuma Castle (hotel), a former hotel in Montezuma, New Mexico
Montezuma Well (Yavapai: ʼHakthkyayva), a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, [1] is a natural limestone sinkhole near the town of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, through which some 1,500,000 US gallons (5,700,000 L; 1,200,000 imp gal) of water emerge each day from an underground spring. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) northeast ...
Montezuma Castle National Monument: Camp Verde, Arizona: 1100-1425 Residence [2] Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: near Tucson, Arizona: 1150–1450 Residences [3] Tonto National Monument: near Globe, Arizona: 1200s-1400s Residences Sycamore Canyon Cliff Dwelling: near Clarkdale, Arizona: 1200s-1400s Residences Navajo National Monument cliff ...
Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well, 13th-century Sinagua dwellings in central Arizona, were named by 19th-century American pioneers who mistakenly thought they were built by the Aztecs. Several species of animals and plants such as Montezuma quail, Montezuma oropendola, Argyrotaenia montezumae, and Pinus montezumae have been named after him.
Montezuma's Castle near Camp Verde, Arizona, ca.1893-1900 Photograph of a near view of Montezuma's Castle near Camp Verde, Arizona, ca.1893-1900. The cliff dwelling can be seen built up under a huge stone outcropping that can only be reached by a series of ladders, which are visible at center. Several alcoves can be seen along the mountain wall.