Izamal
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Izamal is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, 72 kilometres east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico.
Izamal collage
Izamal, colossal Maya stucco head set in a wall, after Catherwood
Main arcade of convent and church entrance
Real-life scene in front of Convento de San Antonio
Diego de Landa
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Diego de Landa Calderón, O.F.M. was a Spanish Franciscan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán. He led a campaign against idolatry and human sacrifice. In doing so, he burned Maya manusc
Izamal
…monastery, and surrounding buildings. Izamal was the first seat of the Bishops of Yucatán before they were moved to Mérida. The fourth Bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa lived here. The town of Izamal was first granted the status of city by the government of Yucatán on 4 December 1841. On 13 August 1923 it was demoted…
Diego de Landa
Image of the page from Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán in which Landa describes his Maya alphabet, which was to prove instrumental in the mid-20th-century breakthrough in Maya hieroglyphics decipherment