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Palenque

Palenque

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An ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico with famous ruins and temples
  • proper noun
: Palenque
  • Visitors from around the world travel to Palenque to explore its archaeological ruins deep in the jungle.
  • Palenque's temple
  • Palenque rulers
  • Maya city of Palenque

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Examples

  • The Maya are known for having picked many beautifully situated places for their cities, but at Palenque they seem to have found everything.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Perhaps the men wanted to look like K'inich Janaab' Pakal (Pakal the Great), who ruled the city of Palenque in northern Chiapas, Mexico, from A.D. 612.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Think of the Virgin of the ancient city of Palenque.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The Temple of the Sun at Palenque faced faced east and wherever the sun would rise, it would cast a shadow into the temple.

  • A new hierophany was discovered in the ruins of Palenque on 21 June 2002.

    Academic text (2004)

  • New research at Palenque in Chiapas shows that the Maya had the know-how far earlier.

    Academic text (2010)

  • But Palenque is the place that has the finest portraiture of any place and the finest stucco sculpture.

    Academic text (2002)

  • PHOTO (COLOR): A stucco sculpture of Kan B'alam II, a king of Palenque, shows him wearing a headdress symbolizing the Maize God.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Maya dates deciphered decades ago revealed that Palenque flourished between A.D. 440 and 790, but almost all other Maya inscriptions resisted translation.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The ancient Mayan city of Palenque is famous for its well-preserved temples and intricate carvings.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Palenque the ancient Mayan city was given its Spanish name from palenque, which meant a 'stockade' or fenced place, since Spanish visitors used that word when they saw the site. So the name connects the famous ruins to the idea of an old, enclosed or important place.