El Castillo
El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: pyramid in Chichén Itzám
- Also known as: “El Castillo, Chichen Itza”, “La Pirámide”, “Pyramid of Kukulcan”, “Structure 5B18”, “Temple of Kukulcan”, and “Temple of Kukulcán”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chichen Itza and Sacred Cenote.
Chichen Itza
Photo: Javier Losa, CC BY 2.0.
Chichén Itzá is the largest of the archaeological cities of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. It is one of Mexico's most visited tourist destinations.
Sacred Cenote
The Sacred Cenote is a water-filled sinkhole in limestone at the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in the northern Yucatán Peninsula. Sacred Cenote is situated 3 km northeast of El Castillo.
Gran Museo de Chichén Itzá
Museum
The Great Museum of Chichén Itzá is an archaeological museum located near the town of Pisté, in the municipality of Tinum, Yucatán, Mexico. Inaugurated on February 28, 2024, the museum houses a collection of over 1,000 pieces, including 400 original artifacts… Gran Museo de Chichén Itzá is situated 3 km northeast of El Castillo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pisté and X-Calacoop.
Pisté
Town
Photo: GiorgioGaleotti, CC BY 4.0.
Pisté is a village in Tinum Municipality in the center of Yucatán State, Mexico. It is best known for the Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza and the cenote Ik Kil. Pisté is situated 3½ km north of El Castillo.
X-Calacoop
Village
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
X-Calacoop is a village, which is situated 6 km east of El Castillo.
El Castillo
- Categories: pyramid and temple
- Location: Tinum Municipality, Yucatán, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“El Castillo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معبد تشيتشن إيتزا”
- Arabic: “معبدتشيتشن إيتزا”
- Armenian: “Կուկուլկանի տաճար”
- Basque: “Kukulcán piramidea”
- Basque: “Kukulkanen tenplua”
- Basque: “Kukulkango tenplua”
- Belarusian: “Піраміда Кукулькана”
- Catalan: “Piràmide de Kukulcan”
- Catalan: “Piràmide de Kukulkan”
- Catalan: “temple de Kukulkan”
- Catalan: “Temple de Kukulkan”
- Catalan: “Temple de Kukulkán”
- Chinese: “卡斯蒂略金字塔”
- Croatian: “El Castillo”
- Czech: “Kukulkánova pyramida”
- Czech: “Kukulkánův chrám”
- Dhivehi: “އެލް ކަސްޓިލޯ”
- Dutch: “El Castillo”
- Dutch: “piramide van Kukulcán”
- Esperanto: “Templo de Kukulkano”
- French: “El Castillo”
- French: “le Castillo”
- French: “pyramide de Kukulcán”
- French: “Pyramide de Kukulcán”
- French: “temple de Kukulcán”
- Galician: “Templo de Kukulkán”
- German: “Pyramide des Kukulcan”
- German: “Pyramide des Kukulcán”
- Hebrew: “פירמידת אל קסטיליו”
- Indonesian: “El Castillo, Chichen Itza”
- Interlingua: “Pyramide de Kukulcán”
- Italian: “Piramide di Kukulkan”
- Italian: “Piramide di Kukulkán”
- Japanese: “エル・カスティーヨ (チチェン・イッツァ)”
- Japanese: “カスティーヨ（マヤのピラミッド）”
- Korean: “엘 카스티요”
- Latin: “Templum Kukulkan”
- Lithuanian: “El Kastilijas”
- Lithuanian: “Kukulkano piramidė”
- Luxembourgish: “Pyramid vum Kukulcán”
- Macedonian: “Пирамида на Кукулкан”
- Malayalam: “എൽ കാസ്റ്റിലൊ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kukulcánpyramiden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kukulkanpyramiden”
- Norwegian: “Kukulkanpyramiden”
- Polish: “El Castillo”
- Polish: “Zamek”
- Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Kukulcán”
- Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Kukulkán”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Kukulcán”
- Portuguese: “Templo maia de Kukulcán”
- Romanian: “Piramida lui Kukulkan”
- Russian: “Пирамида К’ук’улькана”
- Russian: “Пирамида Кукулькана”
- Russian: “Храм Кукулькана в Чичен-Ице”
- Serbian: “Пирамида кукулкан”
- Serbian: “Пирамида Кукулкан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “El Castillo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kukulcanova piramida”
- Slovenian: “El Castillo, Chichen Itza”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Chichen Itza”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Chichen Itzá”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Chichén Itza”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Chichén Itzá”
- Spanish: “El Castillo”
- Spanish: “Pirámide de Chichen Itza”
- Spanish: “Pirámide de Chichen Itzá”
- Spanish: “Pirámide de Chichén Itzá”
- Spanish: “Piramide de Kukulcan”
- Spanish: “Pirámide de Kukulcán”
- Spanish: “Pirámide del Castillo”
- Spanish: “Templo de Kukulcan”
- Spanish: “Templo de Kukulcán”
- Spanish: “Templo de Kukulkan”
- Spanish: “Templo de Kukulkán”
- Tamil: “எல் காஸ்ட்டிலோ பிரமிட்”
- Tamil: “எல் காஸ்ட்டீயோ பிரமிட்”
- Tamil: “சிச்சென் இட்சா பிரமிட்”
- Tamil: “சிச்சென் இட்சாவிலுள்ள பிரமிட்”
- Tatar: “Кукулькан пирамидасы”
- Turkish: “El Castillo, Chichen Itza”
- Ukrainian: “Піраміда Кукулькана”
- Urdu: “ایل کاستیو، چیچن ایتزا”
- Vietnamese: “El Castillo, Chichen Itza”
- Vietnamese: “El Castillo”
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