Coba TourOr "waters stirred by the wind", was
built between two lakes during the Classic period (600-900 AD). Its
architectural style is closer to the style of the Peten such as
Tikal. During it's peak, Coba had almost 50,000inhabitants, and
covered an enormous área of more than 80 square kilometers. Even
though hundreds of structures still remain buried beneath the
jungle, archeologists believe Coba was one of the largest Maya city
in the Yucatán, and probably fuctioned as an important link in trade
between the Caribbean and the inland cities. |
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of the most interesting features of Coba is the raised roads know as
sacbes (Maya for white roads) which conected the entire Peninsula.
The roads were built in straight lines, 1 to 2 meters in height, and
between 3 and 20 meters wide. They were covered with limestone
plaster and frecuently included ramps and intersections. One road
extends over 100 kilometers, starting at the base of the main
pyramid at Coba and ending at Xahuna, south of Chiche Itzá. More
than 50 sacbes have been discovered at Coba, all originating at the
central Plaza and stretching out in four general directions.
