Izamal

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Izamal is a historic colonial town in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its striking yellow-painted buildings and important Mayan archaeological sites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Izamal canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipal seat ⓘ
builtOver pre-Hispanic Maya structures ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
connectedByHighwayTo Mérida ⓘ
Valladolid ⓘ
conqueredBy Spanish conquistadors ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalRegion Maya area ⓘ
devotionTo Virgin of Izamal ⓘ
distanceFrom Mérida, approximately 70 kilometers east ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
foundedBy Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
governingBody Municipal government of Izamal ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalCulture Maya civilization ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Papholchac pyramid ⓘ
Pyramid of Itzamatul ⓘ
Pyramid of Kinich Kakmó ⓘ
hasBuildingColorScheme predominantly yellow façades ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus Pueblo Mágico ⓘ
hasNickname La Ciudad Amarilla ⓘ
La Ciudad de las Tres Culturas ⓘ
hasPilgrimageSite Sanctuary of Our Lady of Izamal ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Secretaría de Turismo de México ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era ⓘ
knownFor Maya archaeological sites ⓘ
colonial architecture ⓘ
religious pilgrimages ⓘ
syncretism of Maya and Catholic traditions ⓘ
yellow-painted colonial buildings ⓘ
localIndigenousLanguage Yucatec Maya ⓘ
locatedIn Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán state
locatedInCountrySubdivision State of Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: state of Yucatán
locatedInRegion southeastern Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone

Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedOn Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Municipality of Izamal ⓘ
primaryLanguage Spanish ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousBuilding Convent of San Antonio de Padua ⓘ
San Antonio de Padua Church ⓘ
stateCapitalOf none ⓘ
touristAttraction Convent of San Antonio de Padua atrium ⓘ
Kinich Kakmó pyramid ⓘ
historic yellow town center ⓘ

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

Yucatán → contains → Izamal ⓘ
subject linked to: state of Yucatán
Yucatán → contains → Izamal ⓘ
subject linked to: Yucatán state