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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Sinkhole
- Description: water-filled sinkhole at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza,
- Also known as: “Cenote Sagrado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chichen Itza and Gran Museo de Chichén Itzá.
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.
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…
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 3 km northwest of Sacred Cenote.
X-Calacoop
Village
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
X-Calacoop is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Sacred Cenote.
Sacred Cenote
- Categories: cenote and landform
- Location: Tinum Municipality, Yucatán, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Sacred Cenote” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Catalan: “Cenote sagrat de Chichén Itzá”
- Catalan: “Cenote sagrat”
- Cebuano: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Chinese: “神聖之井”
- Esperanto: “Sankta Cenoto”
- French: “Cenote sacré de Chichen Itza”
- German: “Cenote Sagrado”
- German: “Heilige Cenote”
- German: “Heiliger Brunnen von Chichén Itzá”
- Italian: “Cenote sacro”
- Macedonian: “Света сенота”
- Polish: “Święta cenote”
- Portuguese: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Russian: “Священный сенот”
- Spanish: “Cenote sagrado de Chichen Itza”
- Spanish: “Cenote sagrado de Chichen Itzá”
- Spanish: “Cenote sagrado de Chichén Itza”
- Spanish: “Cenote sagrado de Chichén Itzá”
- Spanish: “Cenote sagrado”
- Swedish: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Ukrainian: “Священний сенот”
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