The ruins of Chichén ltzá illustrate the glory and the majesty of the one of most imposing quoted built by the Mayas. These ruins also are impressed influences ascribable to Toltèques, come from the central part of Mexico. The site presents a whole of pyramids, temples and terraces preserved remarkably well. Chichén Itzá knew a great growth between VIIe and IXe centuries a. J. - C., but was shortly after abandoned. The city was repopulated in XIIe century, at the moment when of Toltèques of the center of Mexico invaded Yucatán and are reflected to mingle their culture with that with the Mayas.

Gods and warriors of the two cultures are represented in stone sculptures which remain visible to date. The city was again abandoned in XIVe century, but without however losing its statute of high place of pilgrimage.

A small museum, to the main entrance, presents sculptures, low-reliefs and windows on the Maya history. One of the first buildings which you will see while penetrating on the site has name El Castillo and fact 24 m height. At the top, you will enjoy from excellent points of view on all the site. This pyramid was set up in VIIIe century, well before the arrival of Toltèques, but it was modified thereafter to incorporate topics toltèques. The temple, to the top, is devoted to Kukulcán, the plumed serpent which was one of the most important gods of the toltèque culture.

Archaeologists and numerologists put forth the assumption that this pyramid could represent the Maya calendar carved in the stone. Four staircases directed in direction of the cardinal points count each one 91 steps. By adding the higher platform, we obtain a total of 365, that is to say a walk for each day of the solar calendar.

In the west of El Castillo one of the seven grounds of ball is where one practised a play in religious matter which ended sometimes in human sacrifices. Besides sculptures being close to this place represent decapitated players. This court, long 135 65 m m and broad, is girdled walls out of stone and has surprising acoustic properties, the sound carrying there rather far.

The temple of the bearded Man, thus named according to an image which appears on one of its walls, counts several columns carved and of the low-reliefs. The temple of the Jaguars, near, reveals columns and tables surrounded by sculptures representing of the snakes and the jaguars. With the temple of Craniums, located between the temple of the Jaguars and El Castillo, you will see a platform hones some posting human cranium lines and eagles tearing of the human hearts. Images quite as horrible arise on another close platform.

Crowned Cenote is presented in the form of a sand pipe, rather broad and deep, located approximately 300 m more at north and accessible by a beaten ground path. Sacrificial objects, energy of the jade ornaments to the human remainders, were found there by plungers.

Of return to the principal site, you will see the Venus platform, symbolized in the toltèque tradition by plumed serpents. A little further, you will reach the group of the Thousand Columns, which includes/understands the temple of the Warriors. The very many pillars which face this last give their name to this complex; they formerly supported the roof of the temple, which crumbled since. Near, you will see the vestiges of what could be a kind of sauna, comprising an underground furnace and water pipelines.

Towards the end of the site, you will see Put it of mow monjas, which would have probably been a royal palace, although its many rooms initially made accept the first Spanish visitors who it was about a convent. This enormous building, like its appendix, post tables carved with the image of animals, human flowers and masks. On the left draw up Iglesia, where you will see animals carved in the upper part of the frontage, and Aka-Dzib, held for the oldest building which one ever put at the day on this site; one forever succeeded in interpreting some of the hiéroglyphes found here.