Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque

World Heritage

Mexico

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Palenque is an example of a Maya sacred site from the Classic period, which reached its peak between 500 and 700 AD and whose influence spread throughout the Usumacinta River valley. The elegance and craftsmanship of the architecture, as well as the lightness of the reliefs with Maya mythological themes, are testament to the creative genius of this civilization.

# National Parks

# Classical period

# former spanish city

# Mayan sacred site

# Usumacinta River Basin

# Building Technology

Temple of the Inscriptions

In the Palace

The Palace and aqueduct

The Palace Observation Tower

The Palace as seen from the courtyard

Collage of Palenque

The two inner columns from the Temple of the Inscriptions

Mask of the Red Queen from the tomb found in Temple XIII

K'inich Kan B'alam II, one of the many rulers of Palenque. Detail from the Temple XVII Tablet

Temple of the Cross

A bas-relief in the Palenque museum that depicts Upakal K'inich, the son of K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab I...

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Information extracted from Wikidata

country	Mexico
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palenque%20Collage.jpg
located in the administrative territorial entity	Jigozen Shrine
executive body	Palenque
location of creation	Palenque
IPA transcription	2703949
ELSTAT geographical code	palenque-2
number of rooms	lccn-n79104298
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0k1d0
Commons category	Palenque
coordinate location	Point(-92.046388888 17.484166666)
topic's main category	Category:Palenque
Commons gallery	Palenque
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palenke%20banner.jpg
described by source	Ottův slovník naučný
start time	2015-03-30T00:00:00Z
area	1772
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
collage image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Palenque%20Collage.jpg
Atlas Obscura identifier	palenque-2
uses	4044399-1

described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Palenque
start time	1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	مدينة بالينك التي تعود الى ما قبل الغزو الاسباني وروضتها الوطنية 1987
official name	Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
official name	Ciudad prehispánica y parque nacional de Palenque
official name	Cité préhispanique et parc national de Palenque
official name	古代都市パレンケと国立公園
official name	Pre-Spaanse stad en Nationaal park Palenque
official name	Доиспанский город и национальный парк Паленке
official name	帕伦克古城和国家公园
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online