Chicanná

Chicanná is an ancient Maya town in Campeche on the Yucatán Peninsula, within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve near Becán. Inhabited from about 300 B.C. to around A.D. 1100 and flourishing mainly between about 500 and 800 A.D., it seems to have been a smaller, refined center tied to the regional elite and likely dependent on nearby Becán. The site is especially important for its rich architecture, which blends Río Bec, Chenes, and Puuc styles, and for ceremonial buildings linked to solar alignments. Its best-known monument, Structure II, features a remarkable doorway shaped as the open mouth of the god Itzamná.

Campeche · Mexico