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Becan

Becan is a large archaeological site in , featuring some well preserved pyramids. Becan was a Mayan site best known for its fortifications: a moat and a wall surround the core city center, with pyramids and temples clustered in a tight enclave with a strong core nucleus of unusually high structures.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site in Campeche, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Zona arqueológica de Becán”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chicanná.

Photo: Vargatamas, Public domain.
was a Maya city that was built during the Classic period. The site was named after its most famous building, Structure II, which means "House of the Serpent Mouth" in Maya.

Becan

Latitude
18.5169° or 18° 31′ 1″ north
Longitude
-89.467° or 89° 28′ 1″ west
Elevation
290 metres (951 feet)
Open location code
76CGGG8M+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27138057
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3532325
Wiki­data ID
Q813784
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Becan” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бекан”
  • Chinese: “贝坎”
  • Dutch: “Becan”
  • French: “Becán”
  • Georgian: “ბეკანი”
  • German: “Becan”
  • German: “Becán”
  • Hungarian: “Becán”
  • Indonesian: “Becan”
  • Italian: “Becan”
  • Italian: “Becán”
  • Lithuanian: “Bekanas”
  • Macedonian: “Бекан”
  • Polish: “Becan”
  • Portuguese: “Becan”
  • Russian: “Бекан (Мексика)”
  • Russian: “Бекан”
  • Spanish: “Becan”
  • Spanish: “Becán”
  • Ukrainian: “Бекан”
  • “Becán”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Becan”. Photo: Aero85, CC BY-SA 3.0.