Gran Pirámide - Uxmal - Mexico
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N 20° 21.522 W 089° 46.321
16Q E 210608 N 2253612
Southwest of the House of the Governor is the Great Pyramid, a massive mound with an ornamented temple at its summit and fronting a sunken courtyard.
Waymark Code: WM19VPH
Location: Yucatán, Mexico
Date Posted: 04/20/2024
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Templo Mayor o Gran Pirámide
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Este monumento mide alrededor de 80 m. en su costado norte y aproximadamente 30 m. de altura. Su forma general es la de una pirámidecuadrangular truncada, de nueve cuerpos escalonados. La escalinata norte conduce a una plataforma sobre la cual hay una edificación llamada Templo de las Guacamayas. Los mascarones de las esquinas tienen un esculpido más redondeado que otros de Uxmal. Data de mediados del siglo VIII.
Great Temple/Great Pyramid
This monument is 30 meters high and 80 meters long on its North side. It is a nine-tiered, broken shaped stepped pyramid. The steps on the Northen side lead to a platform upon which a building called the "Macaw Temple”. The masks decorating the corners of the building are more rounded than the others in Uxmal. The construction is dated to the VIIIth century.