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It is also possible to dive and swim in cenotes, sinkholes found in the sub-surface limestone layer of the Yucatán peninsula, caused by millions of years of erosion.
Meanwhile, under the presidency of Porfirio Diaz, Quintana Roo on the Yucatán peninsula’s eastern coast, named after Andreas Quintana Roo — a writer and independence movement leader between 1810 and 1821 — was declared a territory of Mexico in 1902.
Cancún — in fact the whole Yucatán peninsula — is embroiled in an important struggle, one that is being faced all over the world — the battle between the conflicting demands of development and conservation.
However, it was left to Don Francisco de Montejo, “a gentleman of Seville,” following in the great conquistador’s wake, to take possession of the Yucatán in the name of the Spanish king.
Despite these mysteries, there are few places in the world where the past feels as close as it does in the Yucatán.