palenque map Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/palenque-map Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 TEMPLE PALENQUE, MEXICO http://toursmaps.com/temple-palenque-mexico.html http://toursmaps.com/temple-palenque-mexico.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:00:39 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221020 ARCHITECT UNKNOWN Long hidden in the Mexican rainforest, the Temple of the Inscriptions is one of the best examples of religious architecture from the Classic period (c. 250-900) of the Central American Mayan civilization. This large step pyramid rises steeply to about 68ft (21m) high and is crowned by a temple building. The pyramid consists of nine tiers with a central staircase running up one side to the temple on top. Although it has lost most of its original decoration, which would have been in brightly colored stucco, the pyramid is nonetheless a very striking building, dominating one of the

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