Guatemala City - Guatemala - page 96

Drinking & Nightlife

33 El Gran Hotel C2

34 Las Cien Puertas C1

Entertainment

35 Black & White Lounge B2

36 Centro Cultural de España C2

37 Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias B5

38 Cine Capitol Royal C2

39 Genetic B6

40 La Bodeguita del Centro B2

41 Los Lirios C2

42 TrovaJazz C7

Shopping

43 Mercado Central C1

44 Plaza El Amate B4

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1 Zona 7

Parque Arqueológico Kaminaljuyú
(cnr 11a Calle & 24a Av, Zona 7; admission Q30; 8am-4:30pm) With remnants of one of the first im-
portant cities in the Maya region, this park is just west of 23a Av and is some 4km west of
the city center. At its peak, from about 400 BC to AD 100, ancient Kaminaljuyú had thou-
sands of inhabitants and scores of temples, and probably dominated much of highland
Guatemala.
Large-scale carvings found here were the forerunners of Classic Maya carving, and
Kaminaljuyú had a literate elite before anywhere else in the Maya world. The city fell into
ruin before being reoccupied around AD 400 by invaders from Teotihuacán in central
Mexico, who rebuilt it in Teotihuacán's talud-tablero style, with buildings stepped in al-
ternating vertical ( tablero ) and sloping ( talud ) sections. Unfortunately, most of Kamin-
aljuyú has been covered by urban sprawl: the archaeological park is but a small portion of

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE