The Seven Wonders of the Modern World are places worth visiting at least once in your life, and one is in Mexico, did you know?
Morelia, Michoacán. – Places worth visiting at least once in your life, essential to admire, are the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, one of which is in Mexico, did you know?
A list dating from the 2nd century BC (BC), listed the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: architectural and sculptural works from the Mediterranean and the Near East, of which only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains today, while doubts prevail about the real existence of some of these sites.
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Consequently, in 2000 a Swiss foundation issued a campaign to determine the new Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Thanks to the voting of more than 90 million people globally, in 2001 the list of must-see events was revealed:
- Chichen Itza, Mexico;
- Christ the Redeemer, Brazil;
- The Colosseum, Italy;
- The Great Wall, China;
- Machu Picchu, Peru;
- Petra, Jordan; and,
- Taj Mahal, India.
Recognized as a World Heritage Site since 1988 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá is located in the Mexican state of Yucatán, in the southeast of the country.
According to information from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), it was a Mayan city with Toltec influence, which developed between 300 BC. C. and 1550 after Christ (AD). During its splendor, from 700 to 1050 AD. C., period corresponding to the Late Classic to Late Postclassic, it housed 50 thousand inhabitants: farmers, builders, artisans, rulers, artists and priests.
The Castle, its main building, is also known as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and is a monument to time, because it primarily symbolizes the solar calendar. It was built on another identical structure, but smaller in size, which houses inside the sculpture of a jaguar, painted in red and inlaid with jade that simulates its spots. This and other tall pyramidal constructions, with a square or rectangular base, have long stairs bordered by robust rafters.
There are also other very old buildings with a circular base, such as El Observatorio, known as El Caracol. On the arduous flattening of the ground, in various strata, are the Ball Court, the temples of the Great Tables and the Warriors, as well as the platforms of Eagles and Jaguars, of Venus and the Tzompantli, where the skulls of the victims were placed. sacrificed in rituals.
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Likewise, the Market, as well as the temples of the Sculptured Columns and the Small Tables, were distributed in a large quadrangular plaza.
On the two equinoxes, the shadow of the Kukulkan serpent descends from its temple to fertilize the earth, while the red jaguar, hidden in the Temple of the Warriors, makes its jade spots shine.
