Tayasal
Tayasal is a Maya archaeological site located in present-day Guatemala. It was a large Maya city with a long history of occupation. Tayasal is a corruption of Tah Itza, a term originally used to refer to the core of the Itza territory in Petén.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Barbara Islet and Flores Island.
Flores Island
Island
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Flores Island is a 13.3-hectare island located in Lake Petén Itzá, in the northern region of the Central American country of Guatemala. It belongs to the Department of Petén and hosts the city of Flores, which serves as the departmental capital alongside the neighboring town of Santa Elena de la Cruz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flores and San Miguel.
Flores
Flores is a town in Petén, Guatemala. The town proper is an island on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway, on the other side of which lie the twin towns Santa Elena and San Benito.
San Miguel
San Miguel is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in the Petén department of the Northern Lowlands of Guatemala.San Benito
Town
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San Benito is a municipality in the El Petén department of Guatemala. It covers an area of 112 km2, and had 29,926 inhabitants at the 2002 Census; the latest official estimate was 59,486 people. It is located adjacent to departmental capital Flores. San Benito is situated 2½ km southwest of Tayasal.
Tayasal
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Petén Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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In Other Languages
From Lithuanian to Russian—“Tayasal” goes by many names.
- Lithuanian: “Tajasalis”
- Russian: “Тайясаль”
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