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Izamal

In the destination Mérida and Uxmal.

In the photo: Convent of Santo Antônio de Pádua, Izamal

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The city

What to expect from Izamal.

Izamal is a small town in Yucatán, about 70 km east of Mérida, known as the yellow city because almost all the façades in the center are painted that color. The 16th-century Franciscan convent of San Antonio de Padua was built atop a Maya pyramid and has one of the largest courtyards on the continent. The town still preserves other pyramids, such as Kinich Kak Mo, amid the houses.

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What to see in Izamal

Church and convent

Convento de San Antonio de Padua

16th-century Franciscan convent built atop a Maya pyramid, with a courtyard of about 8,000 square meters surrounded by 75 arches and the image of Nuestra Señora de Izamal.

Archaeological site

Pirámide de Kinich Kak Mo

One of the largest pyramids by volume on the Yucatán Peninsula, in the middle of Izamal, dedicated to the sun god with the face of a fire macaw.

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