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Palenque: Overall view looking up, Temple of the Sun showing roof-comb

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

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

Temple of the Sun, built in 692 by Chan-Bahlum (reigned 684-702), the son of Pacal. The roofs and roof-combs were all sculptured in stucco, once painted in brilliant reds, blues and yellow, depicting such deities as the rain god Cauac (on the Temple of the Cross) and a seated God K flanked by serpents (on the Temple of the Sun).

Site of Pre-Columbian Maya ceremonial centre in the foothills of the Sierra de Palenque mountains, Chiapas, Mexico. During the 7th and 8th centuries AD Palenque was the most important city on the far western periphery of the Maya world. Although the area was inhabited in the Late Pre-Classic period (c. 300 BC-c. AD 250), only a small group of people lived there. At the height of its importance, in the Late Classic period (c. AD 600-c. 900), however, at least 10,000 people lived there at one time. The site comprises a palace, a ballcourt and several temples sited in groups scattered over a large area.

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Creator
G. Massiot & cie
Date
Circa 1910
Publisher
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Material Type
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Also from Architectural Lantern Slides of Mexico

Chichén Itzá: Interior view of a small temple at the site

Chichén Itzá: Interior view of a small temple at the site

Teotihuacán: View looking down from the Adosada platform at the staircase of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

Teotihuacán: View looking down from the Adosada platform at the staircase of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

Teotihuacán: View looking up slope of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

Teotihuacán: View looking up slope of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent

Mitla: Grand Hall of Columns, with monoliths which would have supported a flat roof

Mitla: Grand Hall of Columns, with monoliths which would have supported a flat roof

Mitla: Distant context view of one of the palace complexes

Mitla: Distant context view of one of the palace complexes

Mitla: View of one of the palace structures

Mitla: View of one of the palace structures

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