Nojpetén island city

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Nojpetén island city was the last major independent Maya capital, serving as the fortified island stronghold of the Itza in Lake Petén Itzá until its conquest by the Spanish in 1697.

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Nojpetén island city canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus partly built over by modern Flores ⓘ
bodyOfWater Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
capitalOf Itza Maya ⓘ
Kowoj Maya ⓘ
conqueredBy Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
dateOfConquest 1697 ⓘ
era Postclassic Maya period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Itza ⓘ
linked to: Itzaʼ

Kowoj ⓘ
feature causeway-linked landing places ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
temple pyramids ⓘ
fortified true ⓘ
historicalSignificance last independent Maya kingdom subdued by Spain ⓘ
inhabitedUntil late 17th century ⓘ
knownAs Noh Petén ⓘ
linked to: Santa Elena, Petén

Noj Petén ⓘ
linked to: Santa Elena, Petén

Tayasal ⓘ
languageOfName Yucatec Maya ⓘ
lastMajorIndependentMayaCapital true ⓘ
locatedIn Guatemala ⓘ
Lake Petén Itzá ⓘ
Petén Department ⓘ
locatedOn island ⓘ
modernSuccessorSettlement Flores ⓘ
nameMeaning great island ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish missionaries ⓘ
partOf Maya Lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands
politicalSystem Itza kingdom ⓘ
postConquestUse site of Spanish colonial town of Flores ⓘ
region Petén Basin ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands
regionType Central Petén lakes region ⓘ
religion Maya religion ⓘ
resistedChristianization true ⓘ
strategicLocation true ⓘ
usedBy Itza Maya ⓘ
Kowoj Maya ⓘ
yearDestroyed 1697 ⓘ

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Itza Maya → governedFrom → Nojpetén island city ⓘ