Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Sayil
- Ancient site.image
- Palacio Sayil.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 300px
- Ancient site.caption
- The Grand Palace of Sayil
- Ancient site.map_type
- Mesoamerica
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location within Mesoamerica
- Ancient site.location
- Yucatán, Mexico
- Ancient site.region
- Yucatán
- Ancient site.built
- 800 AD
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 1000 AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Late Classic to Terminal Classic.
- Ancient site.cultures
- Maya civilization
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Official_name
- Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 791
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 1996
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: i, ii, iii
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Location
- Population
- History
- Rediscovery
- The site
- Archaeological investigations
- Site description
- Gallery
- Chac II
- Monuments
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|350px|Plan of the Palace
Sayil was a pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. It is located in the Mexican state of Yucatán, in the southwest of the state, south of Uxmal. Sayil, Kabah and Labna were incorporated together with Uxmal as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.