Nojpetén was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá. It was located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala. The island is now occupied by the modern town of Flores, the capital of the Petén department, and has had uninterrupted occupation since pre-Columbian times. Nojpetén had defensive walls built upon the low ground of the island, which may have been hastily constructed by the Itza at a time when they felt threatened either by the encroaching Spanish or by other Maya groups.
The island that was the site of Nojpetén is now developed as the modern town of Flores
The main pyramid at Nojpetén would have looked very similar to the Castillo at Mayapan
The Itza are a Maya ethnic group native to the Péten region of northern Guatemala and parts of Belize. The majority of Itza are inhabitants of the city of Flores on Lake Petén Itzá, and nearby portions of Belize where they form an ethnic minority.
"El Castillo" at Chichen Itza
The sacred cenote that gave its name to Chichen Itza.
Aerial view of Flores, Guatemala, built on the ruins of the Itza capital Nojpetén