Holtun

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Holtún is a Maya site located on the road to Yaxhá from Flores, and 10 minutes walking from the main paved highway, Holtún is a mid size, Classic Maya site Holtún ("Head of stone" or "stone Hole"), occupied from 300 to 890 AD. Account with a group of triadic pattern, the Acropolis with pyramid and ball court. A trench of sacking in one of the buildings left exposed two large masks, one zoomorphous and another anthropomorphous. In the substructure it was possible to observe other large masks painted of red, but now the access tunnel is closed to avoid the deterioration of stuccos, and can be visited with the guards permit.