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pre-Columbian Maya city in Mexico

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thumb|The island that was the site of Nojpetén is now developed as the modern town of Floresthumb|The main pyramid at Nojpetén would have looked very similar to the Castillo at Mayapan Nojpetén (also spelled Noh Petén, and also known as Tayasal) was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá. It was located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the modern department of Petén in northern Guatemala. The island is now occupied by the modern town of Flores, the capital of the Petén department, and has had uninterrupted occupation since pre-Columbian times. Nojpetén had defensive walls bu

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Ancient Maya site in northern Guatemala

1618 final stage of the conquest of Guatemala