The Observatory

El Caracol, also known as the Observatory, is a structure associated with possible astral alignments because the three windows in its upper section have been linked to astronomical events involving Venus and the setting sun during the equinoxes. Its name comes from the spiral stairs leading to the upper part of the building. Explored between 1925 and 1931 by the Carnegie Institute, it revealed a series of six superimposed constructions. Its construction is believed to date from an intermediary period between the Terminal Classic and Early Post Classic periods. The large trenches on the upper platform are consolidated excavation samples used for didactical purposes.

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