ANTIGUA HACIENDA & MUSEUM 
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1. OFFICE 12. DINING ROOM V 
2. RECEPTION ROOM 13. KITCHEN 
3. LIVING ROOM 14. ORCHARD 
4. CORRALES 15. WATER TANK 
5. MOORISH DOUBLE ARCH 16. DRESSING ROOM 
6. ROOMS 17. WELL 
7. BATHROOM 18. IRRIGATION TANK 
8. CHAPEL 19. MACHINE ROOM 
9. MAYA ROOM 20. WORKSHOPS 
10. PATIO 21. PACKING ROOM 
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The main hall is dominated by two oil paintings showing Don Donaciano Garcia Rejon 
and his wife Dona Monica Galera who in 1864 acquired the hacienda which had 
already existed during the time of the Spanish colony. Since then the estate has been 
passed on from parents to children to its present owner, a descendant of Don 
Donaciano and Dona Monica. 
The chapel of the hacienda keeps an oil painting from the colonial period, and the 
image of its patron saint,, San Geronimo de Yaxcopoil, is still venerated there. 
From the precolumbian period Yaxcopoil still keeps Mayan ruins within its mantes 
(forest and scrub land) consisting of numerous pyramids. The six most important 
ruins with heights that vary from six to twenty metres (i.e. 20 to 65 feet), a court for 
ceremonial ball games, and stelae are scattered in an area of about eight square 
kilometres (i.e. about three square miles). 
One of the halls, the so-called "Maya room", has been converted into a small museum 
showing numerous pieces of ancient pottery and other archaeological relics of the 
“classic period" (A.D. 300-950) found in the Mayan ruins of Yaxcopoil. 
Due to its buildings of the classic rural style, Yaxcopoil is undoubtedly the sisal hemp 
estate best known in the region, in particular since its casa principal, its orchad and 
corrals have been the scenic background for various movies and television 
broadcastings. 
Any tourist who really wants to know the past of ancient Yucatan should tour a 
hacienda, because they are part of its history. 
Of all the haciendas on the Peninsula, however, only a few of Yaxcopoil's magnitude 
have been preserved, since most of them have been largely destroyed. 
Traveling south on the highway to the Uxmal ruins, passing by Yaxcopoil, its 
characteristic monumental "Moorish double arch" immediately catches the eye. This 
typical structure of the colonial period, possibly the most beautiful one of Yucatan, is 
an open gate offering a cordial welcome to the visitor. 
