Ti'ho

Ti'ho is Mayan settlement located in the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula, commonly indicated also with the alternative name of T'hó (in short), Ichcansiho, Ichkanzihóo or Ichcaanzihó.[1]

Mérida, the capital of the Yucatan state in Mexico and its largest city, was built on the ruins of this Mayan settlement and founded in 1542 by Francisco de Montejo.[2]

References
  1. Ligorred Perramon, Josep (2005). "T'Hó: The Ancestral Mérida". www.famsi.org. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  2. "Mérida | Mexico". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-08-21.


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