Palace of Labna

Labná is a ruined ceremonial center of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to...

Labná is in the southwest of the state, south of Uxmal, at 20.09.6 north, 89.35 west. Uxmal is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. ...

The site is small and quiet. There is a large two-story palace, (El Palacio). With its 120 meters it's one of the longest buildings in the Puuc Hills. From the palace a sacbe, a ceremonial road, runs to an elaborately decorated gateway arch (El Arco). This structure is 3 meters wide and 6 meters high. The reliefs are in good shape. Next to the gateway stands El Mirador, which is a temple built on a pyramid. The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... For other meanings, see Relief (disambiguation) In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. ... This is about the polyhedron. ...

Gateway at Labna, as drawn by Catherwood.

Gateway at Labna, photo from the other side (2003)

The architecture of the buildings is in the Puuc style, and makes extensive use of well-cut stone forming patterns and depictions, including masks of the long-nosed rain-god Chac. Labná, engraving by Frederick Catherwood, 1843 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Labná, engraving by Frederick Catherwood, 1843 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Puuc building at Chunhuhub, Campeche, as drawn by Frederick Catherwood, 1841 Puuc is a style of Pre-Columbian architecture of the Maya civilization. ... In Maya mythology, Chac (sometimes spelled Chaac,) was the god of rain and thunder, and important as a fertility and agriculture god. ...

The site was built in the late and terminal classic period. A date corresponding to 862 is inscribed in the palace. Mesoamerican chronology The chronology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica is usually divided into the following eras: Paleo-Indian Period c. ... Events Rurik gained control of Novgorod. ...

El Mirador

The first written report of Labná was by John Lloyd Stephens who visited it with artist Frederick Catherwood in 1842. John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805–October 13, 1852) was a American explorer, writer, and diplomat. ... Frederick Catherwood (February 27, 1799 - September 20, 1854) was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his explorations of ruins of the Maya civilization. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The site is open for tourist visits.