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The Plaza Central Park

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The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
The Plaza Central Park
Phone:
+502 7832 4801

Address:
Plaza Mayor | City Center, Antigua 03001, Guatemala

Tikal Temple I is the designation given to one of the major structures at Tikal, one of the largest cities and archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Mesoamerica. It is located in the Petén Basin region of northern Guatemala. It also is known as the Temple of the Great Jaguar because of a lintel that represents a king sitting upon a jaguar throne. An alternative name is the Temple of Ah Cacao, after the ruler buried in the temple. Temple I is a typically Petén-styled limestone stepped pyramid structure that is dated to approximately 732 AD. Situated at the heart of a World Heritage Site, the temple is surmounted by a characteristic roof comb, a distinctive Maya architectural feature. Building Temple I on the eastern side of the Great Plaza was a significant deviation from the established tradition of building funerary temples just north of the plaza in Tikal's North Acropolis.
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