Mayan ruins of Mayapan

Mayapan is a Pre-Columbian Maya site a couple of kilometers south of the town of Telchaquillo in Municipality of Tecoh, approximately 40 km south-east of Mérida and 100 km west of Chichen Itza; in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. Mayapan was the political and cultural capital of the Maya in the Yucatan Peninsula during the Late Post-Classic period from the 1220s until the 1440s.

Mayapan is today a large archaeological site measuring approximately 4 square kilometers in area and containing over 4000 structures. The bulk of the site is surrounded by a substantial defensive stone wall pierced by several gates. The wall is about 9 km long and is roughly ovate in plan view. The ceremonial center of the site is located at the focus of the wide, western end. The ceremonial center is occupied by a tightly packed cluster of pyramid-temples and colonnades.