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quirigua


states: [guatemala]

category: cultural

year: 1981

location: Department of Izabal

region: Latin America and the Caribbean

latitude/longitude: 15.2705900000, -89.0402500000

Quirigua

Inhabited since the 2nd century A.D., Quirigua had become during the reign of Cauac Sky (723–84) the capital of an autonomous and prosperous state. The ruins of Quirigua contain some outstanding 8th-century monuments and an impressive series of carved stelae and sculpted calendars that constitute an essential source for the study of Mayan civilization.

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