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Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in Montezuma County, in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.
Tree-ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous approximately from 1190 CE through 1260 CE, although the major portion of the building was done within a 20-year time span. The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as Anasazi, who constructed this cliff dwelling and the others like it at Mesa Verde were driven to these defensible positions by “increasing competition amidst changing climatic conditions”. Cliff Palace was abandoned by 1300, and while debate remains as to the causes of this, some believe that a series of megadroughts interrupting food production systems is the main cause. Cliff Palace was rediscovered in 1888 by Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason while they were out looking for stray cattle. Source: Wikipedia
Linking up with a bunch of fantastic peeps from the blogosphere who host Wordless Wednesday – Betty, Steve, image-in-ing, Zina, Keith, Cathy, Sara, CatSynth, Diana, and Suzana.
Amazing! If I get a chance, I would love to visit this place. Have a wonderful day.
Me too, Nancy. What history this place holds. 🙂
What a wonderful place! I have never heard of it or the people who lived there and would have loved to visit there. Unfortunately my flying days are over so it won’t happen. That is why we cruise as much as we can. Thanks for the interesting info.
My flying days are over too. Cruising is a good thing for you and I hope you have many wonderful cruises, Jackie. 🙂
Thank you. We have a 14 day Spain, France and Portugal cruise starting on Saturday so will be mostly offline.
Enjoy every minute as I know you will. 🙂
Not seen anything like that wonderful 🙂
Have an unusualtastic week and WWS and thanks as always for adding me 👍
I would love to visit here and explore. Happy WW, Steve. 🙂
Looks amazing!
It’s that indeed. 🙂
WOW, that’s pretty amazing and fascinating. I would love to see that
I’ll come with you, Ann. 🙂
How beautiful!
I agree, Miss Molly. Not as beautiful as you are though. 🙂
Thank you, Sandee for this lesson of history and information.
It’s an impressive perspective. A saw a little bit the source of the image with other areas from Colorado and
holidays destinations. Beautiful indeed!
Happy WW and a fine week! Cheers!❤️😘
I would love to walk though this place. You have a fine week too, Suzana. 🙂
I’ve seen similar before, maybe even this same place, and it’s incredible to think how people achieved this so long ago. The landscape looks incredible. It’s strange to think though that in 1300 there were things like megadroughts or extreme weather, which when we get today is just explained as the result of climate change, even though it’s nothing new. Or maybe I’ve got that completely wrong!
Happy Mid-Week, Sandeeeee! I hope you have a lovely day 🌺🌸🌼 xx
No you’re not wrong about the weather, Caz. You’re spot on. Have a great day and rest of the week. 🙂
Never heard of this before. What a neat place.
I’ve heard of it, but I ran into it and decided to look deeper. 🙂
I visited Mesa Verde in the late 1970’s. It’s an amazing place. We camped there, too.
Lucky you. How fun. I would love to visit here and camp too. 🙂
WOW! Makes me dizzy.😃 We are still trying to get better. Stay well, Sandee!!🤗
I hope you all get well soon, Michelle. Big healing hugs for you and your family. 🙂
Absolutely stunning.
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Can you imagine living there? 🙂
I have read about this and seen it on TV and seen photos and it is a place I would love to see with my own eyes
I would too, Sandra. I’ll go with you. 🙂
Wow! I’ve not heard of this amazing place before. Thank you for sharing. Happy Wednesday!
You’re most welcome, Eugenia. Happy Wordless Wednesday. 🙂
It would be a very interesting place to visit in person.
It sure would, Binky. 🙂
Sandee that is just gorgeous! Have a wonderful Wednesday and week! Lots of hugs! 🙂 3
It sure is, Deborah. You have a wonderful Wednesday too. Hugs. 🙂
I would love to see that too, amazing!
A different life indeed. Beautiful. 🙂
Wow, that’s an amazing place.
It is indeed. I would love to see this in person. 🙂
Since I have the Camper Van maybe this should be added tyo the list of places to visit. I am home.Monday Night I ddid a dumb thing and did not take my nighttime meds.and did not sleep,by 6:30 Pm last night I was sp exhausted that I did take my meds and went to bed.
You’re getting used to being home, Mike. Scritches to Screwball and a hug to you. 🙂
That’s amazing. I’ve read about this place before, and would love to see it in person someday! Happy Wednesday, Sandee. Thank you for hosting, and have a great day. 🙂
I’ve read about it before too. I’d sure love to explore this fascinating place. 🙂
Colorado has a wide selection of fascinating places to visit!
It sure does. I’ve been there many times, but never visited this place. 🙂
Mankind’s ingenuity and adaptability to his surroundings never ceases to amaze me.
And don’t you just know there are some incredible views from those uppermost windows?
Happy Wordless Wednesday.
Yes indeed, my friend. Amazes me too. Happy Wordless Wednesday. 🙂
I visited Mesa Verde as a kid and loved it! What a beautiful and interesting place.
I would love to explore this place. 🙂
Who pays the taxes on the place?
No one, Kismet. Nobody lives there. I love you. 🙂
What a gorgeous photo. Thanks for telling us about it, Sandee. This looks as if it could be in a fairy tale. Thanks for linking us up as well. Cooper and Sawyer send purrs and head butte. Love and hugs from me, Janet
I would love to visit there and explore everything. Love to all and scritches to the kitties and a hug to you. 🙂
An extremely interesting place!
Very much so, Gigi. Happy Wordless Wednesday. 🙂
Ohhhhhhh we took a Senior’s trip to Utah and Colorado in 2017. Mesa Verde was on our tour schedule. We had to climb down a rather steep ladder. Ironically hubby and I were only about 4 out of the 30 on the tour that could comfortably use the ladder. Seeing Mesa Verde in person was quite touching.
We had such a wonderful trip to those two beautiful states with so many beautiful national and state parks too. Hugs Cecilia
I would have gone down that ladder to see this. How fun that you did get to see this place in person. 🙂
Oh pooh my first comment went down into a black hole. We took a Senior’s tour of Colorado and Utah in 2017. Mesa Verde was on the tour schedule. The entire trip was amazing so many parks and sights. Mesa Verde was definitely one of the highlights. We had to climb down a ladder to get into the view area. Bryan and I were among a handful of people in the tour could could use the ladder.
Hugs Cecilia
PS I wish you and Zane could visit Seaboard and Logans…
I got the first one and this one too. Sometimes you have to wait for WordPress to figure out how to post your comment. Hugs. 🙂
Great view of Mesa Verde. I had the opportunity to visit as a kid in the 1980s.
Lucky you. I would love to see this place. Happy Wordless Wednesday. 🙂
Amazing photo and pueblo cliff dwellings have always fascinated me ~
Lots of love and hugs,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Me too, Carol. I would love to visit this fascinating place. Love and hugs to you both. 🙂
That is unique. Thank you for the kind words you left for me on my loss of Sammy. XO
You’re most welcome, Ellen. Big healing hugs, my friend. 🙂
Mesa Verde is a magical place and the Cliff Palace is the crown jewel. Thanks for sharing a beautifully spiritual place from our state.
I agree with you, my friend. Big hug to you, scritches to the pups and a big smooch to Norman. 🙂
It would be lovely to see this in person. Hugs!
Even better if we could go together. 🙂
Beautiful! I would love to visit national parks all around the US.
Me too, Yvonne. There are so many. 🙂
Wow! These cliff homes are amazing, and to think they were built so very long ago.
Happy Wednesday! <3
They are indeed and I’d love to see them in person. Happy Wednesday, Barbara. 🙂
wow- we need to go there! Beautiful historic structure! xoxox
It would be a great place to explore indeed. 🙂
The best view ever and such an intriguing place.
I would love to explore all of this fabulous place. 🙂
Oh, thank you 🙂
Thanks for a wonderful share and mini-history lesson, Sandee! Have a lovely week. 💞 xo
You’re most welcome. Have a lovely rest of the week, Bette. 🙂
My second oldest (the one in my Wordless Wednesday post today) just came back from a trip to Colorado. He visited the hot springs and went skiing. I’d have skipped those things and gone to see something like this instead!! This is fantastic.
Me too. I’ll go with you. 🙂
What an amazing place!
A place I would love to explore. 🙂
Nice! <3
Very much so, Carol Anne. 🙂
This has always fascinated me. 😀
Me too, Darla. It’s my kind of trip. 🙂
Such a beautiful place. Would love to visit there. Very nice.
I would love to see this in person too. 🙂