San Gervasio

Description:

• At the biggest archaeological site on the island you can be part of the Mayan culture and its mysteries. San Gervasio was a strategic point for the commercial and political development of its era and also a sacred Mayan center. Inhabited from 200 A.D. until the Spanish conquest, San Gervasio was a sanctuary of the Goddess Ix Chel, the fertility goddess, drawing pilgrims from the entire Mayan world to worship her. San Gervacio served as a strategic point for the commercial and political development of its era, and its centuries-old structures were used as altar and shrines, as well as for a gathering of government officials.