Izamal Yellow City

Izamal Yellow City showcases a colonial settlement built almost entirely over Maya temples, uniformly painted in ochre yellow. The San Antonio de Padua Franciscan monastery sits atop the Ppapp-Hol-Chac pyramid, with its cobblestone atrium being the largest enclosed church courtyard in the Americas, spanning 7,800 square meters. The partially unexcaated Kinich Kakmó pyramid rises above the city center, creating the most intimate coexistence of Maya and Spanish colonial architecture in the Yucatan. This offers a more seamless integration than #7 Uxmal ruins, where 80% of structures remain separate from colonial additions.