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Welcome in Xel-Há www.Pago-enLinea.com Caribe Mexicano Xelha by Internet Certificate of Segurity Protected by the Iguana and the Dark-brown Fish Xel-Há, it is a gift that the pleased Gods of the Mayans made the mortals. The wisdom, the illusion and the love would be the elements that, according to the legend, would be combined to create a place that reunited the best thing of the nature and symbolized its beauty The expression Xel-Há is a combination of Mayan terms that signify "entrance of water," alluding to the geography of the place, an inlet, although that name was given by the Spaniards without knowing if it was really the original name. The place was utilized as a port by the ancient Mayas before the spanish conquest for its strategic geographical location, and was an important point of maritime commercial traffic. The first reference to this place dates from 1527, the year the Spaniards arrived, when they called it Salamanca de Xalá, for a small native settlement called by that name. In the archaeological site constructions and monuments can be observed, as well as a way or sacbé of 540 meters in length. Many of the rest seem to correspond to a ceremonial and religious use. It is classified to him in groups in regard to his geographic proximity: the group of the Birds, where they are conserved in the fresh walls that represent the diverse birds of the region; the group Jaguar, in reference to the descendent figure of a feline (next to a beautiful natural well, of great importance for the life of the region); and the group Soft, near the creek, where the constructions seem to be related to the marine activity of the zone . Xel-Há seems to have been settled between the years 100 and 600 AD as one of the ports in the mayan navigation network, along the coasts of the Caribbean Sea. After a decrease in activity lasting several centuries, the port returned to prominence around the year 1200 AD, in which period was built the protective wall. The port was the main activity of the settlement, until it was abandoned by its inhabitants upon the arrival of the Spaniards. Even in prehispanic times, Xel-Ha had attained a privileged place for its commercial port. as well as for being a refuge and destination for pilgrims. In order To make a Payment You do Click Here.

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