Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences,
Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay
Izamal is a celebrated colonial town about 70 kilometers (40 miles) east of Merida. One of its distinctive features is the bright yellow color of most of its downtown buildings.
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Now this is what the place needs - some color! |
San Antonio de Padua
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The monastery of San Antonio de Padua was built atop the old Maya acropolis and was completed in 1561. |
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Interior Views
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The Countryside
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These are views east of Izamal on the way to Chichen Itza. Yucatan is actually pretty dry, all the water is subsurface in the karst aquifers, so there's a lot of open scrub and bedrock is rarely far below the surface. |
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Created 28 March 2007, Last Update 04 June 2020