"पलेंक": अवतरणों में अंतर

[[Image:Palenque_Ruins.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|पलेंक में प्रासाद के खण्डहर]]

 

 

The site was already long abandoned when the [[Spain|Spanish]] arrived in Chiapas. The first European to visit the [[ruins]] and publish an account was Father Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada in [[1567]]; at the time the local Chol Maya called it ''Otolum'' meaning "Land with strong houses", de la Nada roughly translated this into [[Spanish language|Spanish]] to give the site the name "Palenque", meaning "fortification". (The similarity with the name of the mythical mayan hero [[Ixbalanque]] is coincidental.) Palenque also became the name for the town (Santo Domingo del Palenque) which was built over some peripheral ruins down in the valley from the main ceremonial center of the ancient city.