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Temple of a Thousand Warriors
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Group of a Thousand Columns
Details of the colums. The place is indeed impressive. The stone work is not as impressive as the INCA stone works, but the alignment of all these columns are still in a very good condition.
Along the south wall of the Temple of Warriors are a series of what are today exposed columns, although when the city was inhabited these would have supported an extensive roof system. The columns are in three distinct sections: an east group, that extends the lines of the front of the Temple of Warriors; a north group, which runs along the south wall of the Temple of Warrriors and contains pillars with carvings of soldiers in bas-relief; and a northeast group, which was apparently formed a small temple at the southeast corner of the Temple of Warriors, which contains a rectangular decorated with carvings of people or gods, as well as animals and serpents. The northeast column temple also covers a small marvel of engineering, a channel that funnels all the rainwater from the complex some 40 meters away to a rejollada, a former cenote.
To the south of the Group of a Thousand Columns is a group of three, smaller, interconnected buildings. The Temple of the Carved Columns is a small elegant building that consists of a front gallery with an inner corridor that leads to an altar with a Chac Mool. There are also numerous columns with rich, bas-relief carvings of some 40 personages. The Temple of the Small Tables which has an exterior motif of x’s and o’s. And the Palace of Ahau Balam Kauil (also known as Thompson’s Temple), a small building with two levels that has friezes depicting jaguars (balam in Maya) as well as glyphs of the Maya god Kahuil.
Source : Wikipedia
Technically . Added some vegetation to have a lost world look, avoiding fences as well. Again too bad as we can only see all these contructions from the outside. For safety, and conservation reasons. |
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Hi Robert,
Nice capture, you managed to control light very well despite the strong sun. Nice colours too.
Never been to Mexico read a lot about it, tfs
Interesting view and well composed.. A successful shot into the light too.
I have to say that I can't tell the veggies that you've added here.
David
Bonjour Robert,
Tout d'abord merci pour tes gentils mots.
J'ai lu que tu avais fait un beau voyage au Mexique, quelle chance !
Je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de tout regarder, mais cette photo et cette note sont intéressantes.
Vu la lumière, j'imagine qu'il devait faire ... très chaud !
Amitiés
Marylou
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