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 Kabah
is situated 140
km from
Merida in the State of Yucatan by the highway 261 in Mexico.
Its just 5
km from Sayil.
Kabah, near glorious
Uxmal, to which was connected by a stone
causeway or "sac-be", competes with its larger city in the majesty and beauty of
its palace facades. Its a monumental example of the Puuc style architecture in which each
stone element is part of a total, linking men with its universe. Recent investigations
indicate the zone was inhabited in 250 B.C. and reached its splendor in the 8th and 9th
centuries of our era.
Kabah archaeological site
has two groups of buildings, the Codz Pop and the Palacio, characterized for its
extraordinary constructions such as:
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The slender stone Arch building style characteristic of the
region and a distinguishing feature of this site. Is thought to be the center of the city
and the entrance to the "sac-be" to Uxmal
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The Codz Pop
 which means rolled carpet and which has
ten chambers forty-six meters long, communicated by only one door and which facade is
ornamented with 250 masks of the rain god Chaac
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The House of the Witch
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The Temple of the Columns
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Mask of Chac, the
Rain God,
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