Kabah

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Kabah is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its elaborate Puuc-style architecture and richly decorated palace facades.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kabah canonical 15
Kabáh 7
Kabah archaeological site 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
architecturalStyle Puuc style ⓘ
connectedBy raised causeway (sacbe) ⓘ
connectedTo Uxmal ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeansInCentury 19th century ⓘ
distanceToUxmal approximately 23 km ⓘ
excavatedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
floruit 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature colonnades ⓘ
corbelled arches ⓘ
mosaic stone façades ⓘ
roof combs ⓘ
hasBuildingType arch ⓘ
palace ⓘ
pyramid ⓘ
temple ⓘ
hasPart Codz Poop ⓘ
Palace of the Masks ⓘ
arch of Kabah ⓘ
palatial complexes ⓘ
pyramidal structures ⓘ
sacbe to Uxmal ⓘ
hasReliefDepictionsOf geometric motifs ⓘ
rain god Chaac ⓘ
linked to: Chaac

serpents ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory state of Yucatán ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalFeature Puuc hills ⓘ
locatedInRegion Puuc region ⓘ
locatedNear Highway 261 (Uxmal–Santa Elena road) ⓘ
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
notableFor elaborate Puuc-style architecture ⓘ
richly decorated palace facades ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
periodOfSignificance Late Classic period ⓘ
primaryConstructionMaterial cut stone masonry ⓘ
regionType lowland tropical forest ⓘ
surveyedBy Frederick Catherwood ⓘ
John Lloyd Stephens ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1996 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Uxmal → locatedNear → Kabah ⓘ
Puuc style → associatedSite → Kabah ⓘ
Puuc region → hasArchaeologicalSite → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Sayil → connectedTo → Kabah ⓘ
Labná → nearbySite → Kabah ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula sites → hasPart → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan → describesSite → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Puuc hills → hasArchaeologicalSite → Kabah ⓘ
subject linked to: Puuc hills (Los Puuc)
Kiuic → nearbySite → Kabah ⓘ
Muna → locatedNear → Kabah ⓘ
Puuc Route → links → Kabah ⓘ
Santa Elena, Yucatán → nearbyAttraction → Kabah archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Zona Arqueológica de Sayil → near → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
El Mirador pyramid → near → Kabah ⓘ
Puuc Maya → hasMajorCity → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Puuc Maya → hasArchaeologicalSite → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Pyramid of the Dwarf → near → Kabáh ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Palace of the Masks → partOf → Kabah archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Palace of the Masks → isTouristSiteAt → Kabah archaeological zone ⓘ
linked to: Kabah
Highway 261 (Uxmal–Santa Elena road) → providesAccessTo → Kabah archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Kabah