Hacienda Chenkú, Mérida

Name: Hacienda Chenkú
Address: Mérida, Mexico

#14 among attractions in Mérida

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Hacienda Chenkú is a hacienda in Mérida Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom. One of the first records of its ownership was to a Captain José Ignacio Rivas Chacón in 1788. The American archaeologist Sylvanus Morley occupied the home in the 1940s. ()

Local name: Chenkú Coordinates: 21°0'25"N, 89°39'8"W

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Nearby attractions include: Paseo de Montejo, St. Ildephonsus Cathedral, Museo de la Canción Yucateca, Museo de la Ciudad.

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