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The structure is dated to around AD 906, the Post Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, by the stele on the Upper Platform. [1]It is suggested that the El Caracol was an ancient Mayan observatory building and provided a way for the Mayan people to observe changes in the sky due to the flattened landscape of the Yucatán with no natural markers for this function around Chichen Itza. [2]
The Las Monjas group is distinguished by its concentration of hieroglyphic texts dating to the Late to Terminal Classic. These texts frequently mention a ruler by the name of Kʼakʼupakal. [21] [66] El Caracol ("The Snail") is located to the north of Las Monjas. It is a round building on a large square platform.
Knot Ajaw (reign: late 6th cent; monuments: 3–5) is among Caracol's lesser-known lords. His Stela 5 and 6 are particularly noted. [8] K'an II (reign: early 7th cent; monuments: 9) oversaw a surge of metropolitan development at Caracol, and a successful war of conquest against Naranjo. His Altar 21, 'an especially elaborate "Giant Ajaw" stone ...
Hotel El Convento is a small hotel in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what was a Carmelite convent, adjoining the San Juan Cathedral square. The cathedral is the second-oldest cathedral in the Western Hemisphere. Hotel El Convento is the oldest member of the Historic Hotels of America. It was also named the premier Small Luxury Hotel in Puerto ...
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Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize.It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and 15 km (9.3 mi) from the Macal River.
The Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians (Spanish: Convento de las Monjas Trinitarias Descalzas) is a convent located in Madrid, Spain. The writer Miguel de Cervantes was buried at the convent in 1616. His remains were temporarily transferred elsewhere in 1673 during a reconstruction and were lost until forensic scientists discovered them in ...
Las Villamizar (English title: Blood Sisters) [1] is a Colombian telenovela created by Juan Carlos Aparicio. It aired on Caracol Televisión from 18 April 2022 to 2 August 2022. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Set in the midst of the Spanish Reconquest in 1816, the telenovela follows three high society sisters on a mission to avenge their mother, killed by the ...