What were the may architecture at Uxmal?
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"Pirámide del Adivino" (known in English as the Pyramid of the Dwarf or Pyramid of the Magician)
The architecture of Uxmal corresponds to the late-Classic Maya. It is considered the most complex and beautiful representation of Puuc architecture.
Puuc means "hilly country," name given to the hills nearby and the predominant style of ancient architecture. Puuc decoration, which is abundant at Uxmal, is characterized by elaborate horizontal stonework on upper levels.
The pyramid is unique among Mayan structures because of its rounded sides, height, and steepness, and the doorway on the opposite (west) side near the top. Its limestone core was originally covered with smooth plaster and painted red with accents in blue, yellow and black.
Other structures at Uxmal are the Governors Palace, the Nunnery Quadrangle, the Great Pyramid, House of the Turtles and other lesser constructions like the Temple of the Macaws, the Dovecote building, Jaguar Throne and numerous masks of the hook-nosed rain god Chac.
The real function of many of the structures remains uncertain, and they retain the fanciful names given them by the Spanish.
House of the Turtles.
Pyramid of the Magician also named Temple 4.
"Rectangulo de las Monjas" or Nunnery Quadrangle named like this by a priest because it reminded him of a Spanish convent.
Sculptures of the god Chac.
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They both function as religious temples.
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