La Iglesia

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La Iglesia is a smaller, intricately decorated Maya temple structure within the Chichén Itzá archaeological site on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
La Iglesia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya temple ⓘ
archaeological structure ⓘ
pre-Columbian building ⓘ
access open to visitors within Chichén Itzá site ⓘ
adjacentTo Las Monjas (The Nunnery) ⓘ
architecturalStyle Puuc style ⓘ
Terminal Classic Maya architecture ⓘ
builtBy Maya builders of Chichén Itzá ⓘ
conservationStatus preserved archaeological monument ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
currentUse tourist attraction ⓘ
estimatedConstructionCentury 9th century ⓘ
feature Chac (rain god) masks ⓘ
geometric friezes ⓘ
intricately carved stone façades ⓘ
lattice motifs ⓘ
roof comb remains ⓘ
zoomorphic masks ⓘ
functionHypothesis religious or ceremonial use ⓘ
governingBody Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) ⓘ
hasArtStyle Maya relief sculpture ⓘ
stone carving decoration ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Chichén Itzá) ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Maya hieroglyphs (traces/potential) ⓘ
locatedIn Chichén Itzá ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
Yucatán state ⓘ
locatedOn karstic limestone plain ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
nearbyStructure El Caracol (observatory) ⓘ
linked to: El Caracol

El Castillo (Temple of Kukulcán) ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kukulkan

Temple of the Warriors ⓘ
orientation aligned within Las Monjas architectural group ⓘ
partOf Chichén Itzá archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Chichén Itzá

Las Monjas complex ⓘ
period Terminal Classic period ⓘ
region Northern Maya Lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands
relativeSize smaller than main temple-pyramids of Chichén Itzá ⓘ
religion Maya religion ⓘ
significance example of Puuc-style ornamentation at Chichén Itzá ⓘ
tourismCategory cultural heritage site ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId Chichén Itzá World Heritage listing ⓘ
visitorAccess viewable from exterior only (interior generally restricted) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chichén Itzá → hasStructure → La Iglesia ⓘ
Nunnery Complex → hasBuilding → La Iglesia ⓘ