About Copán

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Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD. The city was located in the extreme southeast of the Mesoamerican cultural region, on the frontier with the Isthmo-Colombian cultural region, and was almost surrounded by non-Maya peoples.

Copán was occupied for more than two thousand years, from the Early Preclassic period to the Postclassic. The city developed a distinctive sculptural style within the tradition of the lowland Maya, perhaps to emphasize the Maya ethnicity of the city's rulers.

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Copán, Honduras

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Quiriguá

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Lake Güija

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Castle of San Felipe de Lara

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Teatro de Santa Ana

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Chalchuapa

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Joya de Cerén

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Lake Yojoa

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Centro Comercial Galerias

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Hospital Nacional Rosales

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Monumento a la Memoria y la Verdad

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Teatro Nacional de El Salvador

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Plaza Gerardo Barrios

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Punta de Manabique

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National Palace (Guatemala)

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Naj Tunich

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Sapodilla Cayes

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Antigua Guatemala

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Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, Antigua Guatemala

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Colegio Compañía de Jesús (Antigua Guatemala)

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Ciudad Vieja

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Teatro Nacional Francisco Gavidia

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Jeanette Kawas National Park

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Lachuá Lake

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Lake Olomega

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Laughing Bird Caye

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Chichicastenango

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Punta Izopo National Park

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Lake Atitlán

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Gulf of Fonseca

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Glover's Reef

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