Chiapa de Corzo
Chiapa de Corzo is an archaeological site of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica located near the small town of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It rose to prominence around 700–500 BCE, during the Middle Formative period, becoming a regional center.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colonial fountain La Pila.
Colonial fountain La Pila
Fountain
The La Pila fountain is a fountain located in the square of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas. It was constructed in 1562 in Moorish style, made of brick in the form of a diamond. Colonial fountain La Pila is situated 1½ km west of Chiapa de Corzo.
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Chiapa de Corzo
Town
Chiapa de Corzo is a small city and municipality situated in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Located in the Grijalva River valley of the Chiapas highlands, Chiapa de Corzo lies some 15 km to the east of the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
Chiapa de Corzo
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Zona Arqueológica de Chiapa de Corzo
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
16.70298° or 16° 42′ 11″ north
Longitude
-93.00369° or 93° 0′ 13″ west
Open location code
7688PX3W+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Chiapa de Corzo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Chiapa de Corzo (lloc arqueològic)”
- Catalan: “Chiapa de Corzo”
- Dutch: “Chiapa de Corzo”
- Japanese: “チアパデコルソ”
- Japanese: “チャパ・デ・コルソ”
- Lithuanian: “Čiapa de Korsas”
- Portuguese: “Chiapa de Corzo”
- Spanish: “Zona Arqueologica de Chiapa de Corzo”
- Spanish: “Zona arqueológica de Chiapa de Corzo”
- Spanish: “Zona Arqueológica de Chiapa de Corzo”
- Turkish: “Chiapa de Corzo”
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