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.- Type: Body of water
- Description: water-filled sinkhole at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza,
- Also known as: “Cenote Sagrado” and “Well of Sacrifice”
Places of Interest Nearby
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… Gran Museo de Chichén Itzá is situated 260 metres north of Sacred Cenote.
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 2½ km northwest of Sacred Cenote.
X-Calacoop
Village
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
X-Calacoop is a village, which is situated 6 km southeast of Sacred Cenote.
Sacred Cenote
- Categories: cenote, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Tinum Municipality, Yucatán, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.68773° or 20° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
-88.56774° or 88° 34′ 4″ westOpen location code
76GHMCQJ+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 49475768OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2597058
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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”
- Czech: “Studna obětí”
- Esperanto: “Sankta Cenoto”
- French: “Cenote sacré de Chichen Itza”
- German: “Cenote Sagrado”
- German: “Heilige Cenote”
- German: “Heiliger Brunnen von Chichén Itzá”
- Italian: “Cenote sacro”
- Italian: “Cenote Sacro”
- Macedonian: “Света сенота”
- Polish: “Święta cenote”
- Portuguese: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Russian: “Священный сенот”
- Slovenian: “Sveti cenote”
- 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”
- Spanish: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Swedish: “Cenote Sagrado”
- Ukrainian: “Священний сенот”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tours Chichen Itza and Northern Temple or Temple of The Bearded Man.
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