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Uxmal: End block of Palace of the Governor and another structure below

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

G. Massiot & cie
Part of: Architectural Lantern Slides of Mexico
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

Pre-Columbian Maya site in the Puuc region of the Northern Maya Lowlands of Yucatán, Mexico. It flourished c. AD 800-c. 1000, at the end of the Late Classic period (c. AD 600-c. 900) and the beginning of the Early Post-Classic period (c. AD 900-c. 1200), but was also occupied earlier. Among the best-known structures, the names of which are all post-Spanish Conquest attributions, are the Palace (or House) of the Governor, the Temple (or Pyramid) of the Magician (El Adivino) and the Nunnery Quadrangle. The beautiful proportions and design of the Palace of the Governor have long been admired. According to Harry Pollock (1980, p. 242), this 'magnificent building is thought by many to be the finest example of pre-Columbian architecture in the Americas'. The palace, a multi-roomed, rectangular building (c. 100 m long) with a symmetrical layout, sits on a large artificial platform. Puuc style has emphasis on decorated walls above the medial mouldings or cornices, repetitive stone mosaic decorations with stylized geometric or naturalistic designs, stone mosaic masks above doorways, decorated roof-combs and carefully cut stone veneer masonry.

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Creator
G. Massiot & cie
Date
Circa 1910
Publisher
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Material Type
photographs
Conditions Governing Access
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Related Location
Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán, Mexico: c. 80 km south-west of the modern city of Mérida

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Also from Architectural Lantern Slides of Mexico

Chichén Itzá: Relief carving from the palace complex showing ruler and Mayan glyphs above

Chichén Itzá: Relief carving from the palace complex showing ruler and Mayan glyphs above

Uxmal: View of the long facade of the Palace of the Governor

Uxmal: View of the long facade of the Palace of the Governor

Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, facade of one of four structures facing a courtyard

Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle, facade of one of four structures facing a courtyard

Uxmal: Overall view of Uxmal ruins from below

Uxmal: Overall view of Uxmal ruins from below

Chichén Itzá: One of the platform temples

Chichén Itzá: One of the platform temples

Chichén Itzá: One of the smaller temples

Chichén Itzá: One of the smaller temples

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