Mesa Verde the Cliff Palace - Colorado / USA հեղինակ Udo S

Mesa Verde (Spanish for Green Table Mountain) is a national park in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Colorado - located about 420 kilometers southwest of Denver and about 50 kilometers west of Durango. Mesa Verde is a densely forested and rugged mesa that stands out from the surrounding landscape of southwestern Colorado by more than 600 meters, reaching a height of nearly 2600 meters at its highest points. The park protects about 4000 archaeological sites, especially the well-preserved rock dwellings of pre-Columbian Anasazi tribes.