3D print Chichen Itza
A free, printable model of Chichen Itza and the open ground and paths around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza was once a large city of the pre-Columbian Maya. The archaeological site lies in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico, between Valladolid and Mérida. From about 600 AD, in the Late Classic period, into the early Postclassic period, which ran to about 1200 AD, it was a major focal point of the Northern Maya Lowlands, and it ranked among the largest Maya cities. Its Maya name combines the words for "mouth" and "well" with Itzá, the name of a group that came to dominate the northern peninsula.
The site mixes many architectural styles: some recall central Mexico, while others resemble the Puuc and Chenes styles found elsewhere in the northern Maya lowlands. Their presence was once read as a sign that people had migrated from central Mexico, or even conquered the city; current interpretations mostly credit cultural diffusion. The city's population may have been the most varied in the Maya world, which could help explain the variety of styles.
Because the northern Yucatán Peninsula is karst, its rivers run underground, but four visible natural sinkholes, called cenotes, could have supplied water year round and made the place attractive for settlement. The most famous is the Cenote Sagrado, or Sacred Cenote, which Edward Herbert Thompson dredged from 1904 to 1910, recovering objects of gold and jade along with pottery and incense. The ruins are federal property, and the National Institute of Anthropology and History looks after the site.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 10 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 12 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 16 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Fine stair steps
- The staircases up the sides of the stepped pyramid are rows of very small steps. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps every step on larger prints or with a fine nozzle.
- Doorways in the top temple
- The small temple on the summit has narrow doorways and a thin roof slab. A larger print size keeps the openings clear, and slower printing on the last layers keeps the roof edges clean.
- One piece with the ground
- Chichen Itza is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Chichen Itza takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Chichen Itza is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Chichen Itza STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Chichen Itza grows with the print: about 10 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
