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House of the Pigeons, El Palomar, Uxmal, Puuc Hills, Mexico
Picture of House of the Pigeons, El Palomar, Uxmal, Puuc Hills, Mexico
House of the Pigeons, El Palomar, Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal,
Uxmal, Puuc Hills, Mexico
From: UNESCO http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/rss
The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatan, 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 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.
From: http://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Ancient_religions/Central_america/maya_race_and_mythology.htm
The "Pigeon House" is an ornate pile with pinnacles pierced by large openings which probably served as dovecotes. The entire architecture of Uxmal displays a type more primitive than that met elsewhere in Yucatan. There is documentary evidence to prove that so late as 1673 the Indians still worshipped in the ruins of Uxmal, where they burnt copal, and performed "other detestable sacrifices." So that even a hundred and fifty years of Spanish rule had not sufficed to wean the natives from the worship of the older gods to whom their fathers had for generations bowed down. This would also seem conclusive evidence that the ruins of Uxmal at least were the work of the existing race.
From: http://www.athenapub.com/uxmal1.htm
House of the Pigeons (El Palomar), a palace structure built ca. AD 700-800. Remains of a roof comb (not very typical of the Puuc style) give a notably serrated or niche-like appearance which resembles that of pigeon houses or dovecotes.
Uxmal Puuc Hills Mexico
picture id: 011_mexuxm06
House of the Pigeons, El Palomar, Uxmal, Puuc Hills, Mexico
Picture of House of the Pigeons, El Palomar, Uxmal, Puuc Hills, Mexico
House of the Pigeons, El Palomar, Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal,
Uxmal, Puuc Hills, Mexico
From: UNESCO http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/rss
The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatan, 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 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.
From: http://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Ancient_religions/Central_america/maya_race_and_mythology.htm
The "Pigeon House" is an ornate pile with pinnacles pierced by large openings which probably served as dovecotes. The entire architecture of Uxmal displays a type more primitive than that met elsewhere in Yucatan. There is documentary evidence to prove that so late as 1673 the Indians still worshipped in the ruins of Uxmal, where they burnt copal, and performed "other detestable sacrifices." So that even a hundred and fifty years of Spanish rule had not sufficed to wean the natives from the worship of the older gods to whom their fathers had for generations bowed down. This would also seem conclusive evidence that the ruins of Uxmal at least were the work of the existing race.
From: http://www.athenapub.com/uxmal1.htm
House of the Pigeons (El Palomar), a palace structure built ca. AD 700-800. Remains of a roof comb (not very typical of the Puuc style) give a notably serrated or niche-like appearance which resembles that of pigeon houses or dovecotes.
Uxmal Puuc Hills Mexico
picture id: 011_mexuxm06
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