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Just re-listed for $54.9 million, "Piano Man" Billy Joel's Florida estate at 1110 S. Ocean Blvd in Manalapan stretches from the ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway across South Ocean Boulevard.
Between 1870 and 1920, Yucatán experienced a period of economic prosperity as a result of the rise of the henequen industry.In January 1888, with the support of a group of landowners, industrialists and businessmen, a project arose to build a boulevard modeled after Champs Elysées in Paris, which they called Paseo de Montejo. [4]
The proper derivation of the word Yucatán is widely debated. 17th-century Franciscan historian Diego López de Cogolludo offers two theories in particular. [8] In the first one, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, having first arrived to the peninsula in 1517, inquired the name of a certain settlement and the response in Yucatec Mayan was "I don't understand", which sounded like yucatán to the ...
A large number of beachfront condominiums have been built in this area including Las Conchas, Sandy Beach Resorts, Costa Diamante, Las Palomas Beach and Golf Resort, Sonoran Sea, Bella Sirena, and Las Palmas. [4] [10] The first condos, Las Conchas and Bahías Choya, were built in the far southeast and far northwest respectively. Interest in ...
The henequen grown in the Yucatan was used around the world for rope and twine, and became known as sisal rope, named after the seaside town of Sisal, from where the rope was shipped. Today Sisal is a sleepy fishing village, being rediscovered by locals and visitors as a beach location for vacation homes.
Progreso (Spanish pronunciation: [pɾoˈɣɾeso]) is a port city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, located on the Gulf of Mexico in the north-west of the state some 30 minutes north of state capital Mérida (the biggest city on the Yucatán Peninsula) by highway.
Tulum (Spanish pronunciation:, Yucatec Maya: Tulu'um) is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. [1]
The site is located in the karst limestone hills of the Puuc region of the northern Yucatan Peninsula. [3] Sayil is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the contemporary Puuc archaeological site of Kabah, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from in Xlapak and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Labna. [4] It was built in a shallow valley among low, steep hills. [5]