Travel Guide Acanceh

A visit to Acanceh, 31 km south-east of Merida, allows one to grasp the complexity of the history just by observing the central square of the village, where the colonial religious monuments face the constructions of the ancient Maya. The contrast is striking. The statues of the saints in the church (the Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Natividad) seem very small next to the anthropomorphic masks of the solar god Kinich Ahau that decorate the Gran Pirámideand are almost 3 meters high and as wide. Among the pre-Columbian remains, also visit the Palacio de los Estucos to observe the stone bas-reliefs that adorn the temple