The Governor's Palace

The Governor's Palace stands on a platform 8 to 12 meters high, 187 meters long, and 170 meters wide. The structure is 98 meters across the front and 12 meters wide, and it was divided into three sections separated by very tall transversal vaults. Its façade contains some of the most beautiful examples of Mayan architectural sculpture. Masks of the god Chaac adorn its four corners and are also arranged diagonally to create a serpentine molding. At the center is a throne with a majestically seated sovereign, surrounded by intertwining serpents and masks of the god Chaac. It dates to between 900 and 1000 A.D.

Yucatán · Mexico