Lubaantun

The southern region of Belize is located southeast of the Mayan Mountains, in a small strip where several rivers flow into the Gulf of Honduras.

This gave the settlements a strategic position to control the trade routes that connected the Caribbean with the Central Lowlands and Southeastern Periphery regions of the Maya Area.

Colonial chronicles also indicate that this was an important region for cocoa cultivation, which was favored by its high annual rainfall.

Of its main archaeological sites, it stands out Lubaantun, located on an elevation near the Columbia River. It is characterized by its architecture made with dark slate blocks, which were assembled without any mixture.

The Lubaantún ceremonial center measures 300m long and consists of four plazas and three ball courts.

Two pyramidal temples (structures 10 and 12) are also located in the central part of the ceremonial center, with the largest rising by 11 m from its base. The site has a Visitor Center.

They gathered together, came and held council in the darkness and in the night; then they searched and discussed, and here they reflected and thought. In this way their decisions came to light clearly and they found and discovered what should enter the flesh of man.

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