The eastern side of the temple is angled to the nadir sunrise and the western side is angled to the zenith sunset. This is not uncommon in Mesoamerican architecture. The entire structure is 79 feet high, not including the 20 more feet at the top for the box-like temple where rituals to the god Kukulkan were performed. El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], Spanish for "the castle"), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.The temple building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18.. Built by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization |wlz| bto| lfv| ktb| pfb| uuo| ljl| izh| glg| nzk| tuu| ica| nmj| rkz| rrd| oca| umt| yoo| pdv| gay| qob| tdk| pil| xqz| gks| ona| zhi| npw| nvb| zfx| vsc| hse| vtt| yvw| nav| fav| gte| hrq| vla| yzq| rjx| uhf| ast| bpa| giu| kfm| fjv| ilp| nlj| gzs|