La Amelia
La Amelia is a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site near Itzan, in the lower Pasión River region of the Petén Department of Guatemala. It formed a polity in the Late Classic, and was involved in the war between Tikal and Calakmul followed, in 650, by La Amelia's takeover by Dos Pilas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
La Amelia
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Sayaxché, Guatemala
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Petén Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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From Cebuano to Swedish—“La Amelia” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Amelia”
- Dutch: “La Amelia”
- French: “La Amelia”
- Italian: “La Amelia”
- Spanish: “La Amelia (sitio arqueológico)”
- Spanish: “La Amelia”
- Swedish: “La Amelia (fornlämning)”
- Swedish: “La Amelia”
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