Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The Pyramid of the Soothsayer, as the Spaniards called it, dominates the ceremonial centre, which has well-designed buildings decorated with a profusion of symbolic motifs and sculptures depicting Chaac, the god of rain. The ceremonial sites of Uxmal, Kabah, Labna and Sayil are considered the high points of Mayan art and architecture.
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The Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal is a large ruined city of the Maya civilization. Maya chronicles say that Uxmal was founded about 500 by Hun Uitzil Chac Tutul Xiu, although the exact date of occupation is unknown. Most of the architecture visible today was built between about 700 and 1100.
Notable monuments include:
- The Governor's Palace
- The Adivino or Pyramid of the Magician
- The Nunnery Quadrangle
- A large Ballcourt
- North Long Building
- House of the Birds
- House of the Turtles
- Grand Pyramid
- House of the Doves
- South Temple
Besides the main complex at Uxmal, also the nearby sites of Sayil, Kabah and Labna are part of this serial nomination.
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/uxmal.html
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