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QUIRIGUA
Quiriguá is small (1.5 square miles) compared to Tikal and
neighboring Copán, but its incredibly impressive
collection of stelae and zoo morphs makes it one of the
most remarkable archaeological sites. Undoubtedly, you'll
be pleasantly surprised on your first visit to Quiriguá. As
nothing can prepare you for the magnificence of its
extraordinarily well-preserved monuments.
The three-and-a-half-hour drive from Guatemala City to
Quiriguá on highway CA-9 (also know as the Atlantic
Highway since it connects the capital with Puerto Barrios
on the Caribbean) takes you trough a surprisingly varied
terrain. From the cool, misty upland pine forests
surrounding Guatemala City you descend into the thorny,
semi-arid regions near Zacapa.
Finally, you enter the humid lowlands along the river
valley of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal,
where the ruins of
Quiriguá is small (1.5 square miles) compared to Tikal and
neighboring Copán, but its incredibly impressive
collection of stelae and zoo morphs makes it one of the
most remarkable archaeological sites. Undoubtedly, you'll
be pleasantly surprised on your first visit to Quiriguá. As
nothing can prepare you for the magnificence of its
extraordinarily well-preserved monuments.
The three-and-a-half-hour drive from Guatemala City to
Quiriguá on highway CA-9 (also know as the Atlantic
Highway since it connects the capital with Puerto Barrios
on the Caribbean) takes you trough a surprisingly varied
terrain. From the cool, misty upland pine forests
surrounding Guatemala City you descend into the thorny,
semi-arid regions near Zacapa.
Finally, you enter the humid lowlands along the river
valley of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal,
where the ruins of
Quiriguá are located. Just past the village of Quiriguá, you turn of CA-9 at kilometer
marker 205 onto a dirt road that passes through a large banana plantation. You will
notice that the park-like setting of this archaeological site is very well maintained.
You then enter the large, open, grassy space called the Great Plaza, which is an area
of about 984 feet by 492 feet. At the south end of the Great Plaza are the Ball Court
Plaza and the Acropolis, which consists of six buildings situated around a
courtyard. Here, there are 11 stelae commemorating Cauac Sky, who ruled Quiriguá
from approximately A.D.724 to A.D.784.
marker 205 onto a dirt road that passes through a large banana plantation. You will
notice that the park-like setting of this archaeological site is very well maintained.
You then enter the large, open, grassy space called the Great Plaza, which is an area
of about 984 feet by 492 feet. At the south end of the Great Plaza are the Ball Court
Plaza and the Acropolis, which consists of six buildings situated around a
courtyard. Here, there are 11 stelae commemorating Cauac Sky, who ruled Quiriguá
from approximately A.D.724 to A.D.784.
The Caribean coast, Isabal
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