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The name Yaxcopoil means &quot;The Place of the Green Alamo Trees&quot; in Maya and was named after the Mayan ruins nearby. The Hacienda represents the history of three great periods in the Yucatán Peninsula: the pre-Columbian period, the Spanish colonial period, and the boom years of henequén cultivation during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Hacienda is situated between Temozón and Uman.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3"> Hacienda Yaxcopoil was once considered one of the most important rural estates in the </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <a target="_blank" href="YucatanPeninsula.html"> <font color="#0000FF" size="3"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Arial" size="3">Yucatán</font></span></font></a></font><font face="Arial" size="3"> due to its size and magnificence. It covered about 22,000 acres of land at the time of its greatest splendor, operating first as a cattle ranch and later as a henequén plantation. Over time, due to continuous political, social and economic changes, the estate has been reduced to less than 3 per cent of its original size.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3"> Traveling south on the highway to </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <a target="_blank" href="YucatanUxmalThePuucRoute.html"> <font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Arial">Uxmal</font></a></font><font face="Arial" size="3"> and </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <a target="_blank" href="YucatanThePuucRoute.html"> <font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">the Puuc Route</font></a><font face="Arial" size="3">, you will recognize Yaxcopoil by its characteristic monumental &quot;Moorish Double Arch.&quot; This typical structure of the colonial period, possibly the most beautiful one of </font> <a target="_blank" href="YucatanPeninsula.html"> <font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">Yucatán</font></a><font face="Arial" size="3">, is an open gate offering a cordial welcome to visitors. The hacienda is open daily for tours. The grounds also offer a private guest house, a museum of Mayan artifacts, as well as a gift shop and snack bar.</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">A tour of Yaxcopoil will reveal that it is one of the few haciendas that has been maintained in its original condition. The spaces and furnishings that were used during the late 19th century are presented realistically, giving the visitor the effect of stepping back in time. Here you will find antiques, machinery and other typical articles used during the hacienda&#39;s period of splendor.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">The main building (casa principal) contains large lounges and drawing rooms, spacious corridors with high ceilings, and extensive gardens with varieties of colors and exuberant vegetation that create a unique and incomparable atmosphere. The original European furniture hints at the wealth and tastes of a bygone era.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">The reception room is presided over by two oil paintings showing Don Donaciano García Rejón and his wife Doña Monica Galera, who acquired the hacienda in 1864. Since then the estate has been passed down through the generations to its present owner, a descendant of Don Donaciano and Doña Monica. The office contains books, maps, documents, and other collections that form part of the archives of Yaxcopoil&#39;s administration over the years.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">The hacienda&#39;s chapel holds an oil painting from the colonial period with the image of its patron saint, San Geronimo de Yaxcopoil, who is still venerated in the town near the hacienda. The dining room and kitchen portray the genteel manner of domestic and country life.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">In the orchard area, the water tanks, dressing rooms and the well with their US-American made motor and pump of the early twentieth century, still in use today, are supplying water for the daily demand.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">One of the halls of Yaxcopoil is called the &quot;Maya Room.&quot; It has been converted into a museum for display of numerous pieces of ancient pottery and other archeological relics of the &quot;Classic Period&quot; (250  900 AD) found in the Mayan ruins of Yaxcopoil. These ruins are located near the Hacienda within the montes (forest and scrub land). The ruins consist of numerous unexcavated pyramids with heights that vary from six to twenty meters, a court for ceremonial ball games, and Stellas, which are scattered in an area of about eight square kilometers.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3"> Hacienda Yaxcopoil also has a large machine house, or  Casa de Maquinas, where the henequén shredding machines (planta desfibradora) were used to render fibers from the henequén plant. In the engine room, which is maintained in good condition, there is a 100 HP German diesel motor made by Körting (Hanover) in 1913. The engine was used until 1984, when the production of henequén fiber in the hacienda ended, after more than a century in operation.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">The workshop and storehouse are beautifully decorated with neoclassic columns and four sculptures representing the seasons of the year. As you exit the front door of the engine room, you can see other plantation buildings at the far end of the central square (manga): the school, the hospital, the store, and some houses for the workers.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3"> Yaxcopoil is undoubtedly the best known and most accessible henequén hacienda in the </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <a target="_blank" href="YucatanMerida.html"> <font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Arial">Mérida</font></a></font><font face="Arial" size="3"> area. The classical hacienda architecture of the main building and the henequén shredding plant have been the scenic background for various movies and television programs.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3">A visit to a hacienda is important in order to understand the rich history of the </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <a target="_blank" href="YucatanPeninsula.html"> <font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Arial">Yucatán</font></a></font><font face="Arial" size="3">. While many haciendas have been destroyed or allowed to fall into ruin, Hacienda Yaxcopoil has been preserved.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"> <span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="3"><i> Come visit and step back into history!</i></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="eng""><b> <font size="4" face="Georgia" color="#4F8955">For prices, reservations, availability and bookings, please contact us at:</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"> </font></b> <font face="Times New Roman" size="4"> <a style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none; text-line-through: none" href="mailto:visit@luxuriousmexico.com?subject=Yucatan, Hacienda Yaxcopoil "> <font size="4" color="#0000FF">visit@luxuriousmexico.com</font></a></font><font color="#566A6B" size="4"><b> </b></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="../../Products.html"> <img border="0" src="../../pics/Back%20to%20Menu.jpg" width="200" height="40" align="right"></a></p></td> <td width="44" rowspan="7">&nbsp;</td> <td width="44" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#95C9D6">&nbsp;</td> <td width="450" align="center" bgcolor="#95C9D6" height="42">&nbsp;</td> <td width="42" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#95C9D6">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450" align="justify" height="250" bgcolor="#95C9D6"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="../../PicsYucatan/Yucatan,%20Yaxcopoil,%20Hacienda-Museum,%20Portal%20-%20Photo%20by%20German-Murillo-Echavarria%200405.gif" width="450" height="600" alt="Yucatan, Yaxcopoil, Hacienda-Museum, Portal - Photo by German-Murillo-Echavarria 0405"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450" align="center" bgcolor="#95C9D6" height="42"> <p align="center"><b><font size="2" color="#566A6B">Portal at The Hacienda-Museum <span lang="fr">Y</span>axcopoil</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450" align="center" height="250" bgcolor="#95C9D6"> <img border="0" src="../../PicsYucatan/Yucatan,%20Yaxcopoil,%20Hacienda-Museum%20-%20Photo%20by%20German-Murillo-Echavarria%200405.gif" width="450" height="337" alt="Yucatan, Yaxcopoil, Hacienda-Museum - Photo by German-Murillo-Echavarria 0405"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450" align="center" bgcolor="#95C9D6" height="42"> <b><font size="2" color="#566A6B">The Hacienda-Museum </font> </b><span lang="fr"><b><font size="2" color="#566A6B">Y</font></b></span><b><font size="2" color="#566A6B">axcopoil</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450" align="center" height="250" bgcolor="#95C9D6"> <img border="0" src="../../PicsYucatan/Yucatan,%20Yaxcopoil,%20Hacienda-Museum,%20Sisal%20factory%20-%20Photo%20by%20German-Murillo-Echavarria%200405.gif" width="450" height="337" alt="Yucatan, Yaxcopoil, Hacienda-Museum, Sisal factory - Photo by German-Murillo-Echavarria 0405"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450" align="center" bordercolor="#95C9D6" bgcolor="#95C9D6" height="42"> <b><font size="2" color="#566A6B">Sisal Factory at The Hacienda-Museum Yaxcopoil</font></b></td> </tr> </table> </td> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2" align="left"> <img src="../../clear.gif" alt="" width="1" height="22" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2" align="left" background="../../gr_bar.gif"> <img src="../../gr_payoff.jpg" alt="" width="502" height="47" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=886285; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=7; var sc_security="178f6619"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c8.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=886285&amp;java=0&amp;security=178f6619&amp;invisible=1" alt="free webpage hit counter" border="0"></a> </noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code -->