El Caracol, Chichen Itza
Ruins · Mexico
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 20.679, -88.571
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Maya observatory in Chichen Itza, Mexico
History
El Caracol, the Observatory, is a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza. El Caracol, which means 'snail' in Spanish, is so named due to the spiral staircase inside the tower.