Temple of the Warriors
Photograph of the
Temple of the Warriors
Maya Toltec Architectural Style built 1100-1300 A.D.
Photograph of the
Temple of the Warriors
Maya Toltec Architectural Style built 1100-1300 A.D.
The Temple of the Warriors, ten meters tall and and over forty meters wide, is a good example of the Toltec influence on Maya architecture. This monument is almost an exact reproduction of one in Tula, the ancient capital of the Toltecs.
The Templo de los Guerreros was named is named after the sculpture of warriors on the pillars of the front and supporting columns.
The conspicuous part of the entrance to the upper temple are
two serpantine columns sculpted in the form of the feathered serpent, whose bases are the heads and crowns are the tails of rattlesnakes
The cornice of the upper temple which was built over an earlier temple is almost completely covered with motifs imported from central Mexico such as images of heart-eating eagles and jaguars. These images refer to the military elite to whom the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars was dedicated. There are also images of Kukulcán as the Sun of Earth. Local Maya artists are believed to have hung masks of the god Chaac, the Maya rain god, which helps to distinguish this temple from others in the Yucatán. Inside the building there are many colorful paintings showing daily life during the Maya/Toltec period of Chichen Itza's history.
Inside the building there are many colorful paintings
showing daily life during the Maya/Toltec period of
Chichen Itza's history.
The upper temple has two enclosures whose entrance is an impressive entrance guarded by a statue of Chac-Mool . It is believed that offerings were placed on the stomach of the reclining figure who would act as messanger to the gods. At the main entrance there are two serpantine columns sculpted in the form of the feathered serpent whose bases are the heads and crowns are the tails of rattlesnakes.
The Templo de los Guerreros was named is named after the sculpture of warriors on the pillars of the front and supporting columns.
The conspicuous part of the entrance to the upper temple are
two serpantine columns sculpted in the form of the feathered serpent, whose bases are the heads and crowns are the tails of rattlesnakes
The cornice of the upper temple which was built over an earlier temple is almost completely covered with motifs imported from central Mexico such as images of heart-eating eagles and jaguars. These images refer to the military elite to whom the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars was dedicated. There are also images of Kukulcán as the Sun of Earth. Local Maya artists are believed to have hung masks of the god Chaac, the Maya rain god, which helps to distinguish this temple from others in the Yucatán. Inside the building there are many colorful paintings showing daily life during the Maya/Toltec period of Chichen Itza's history.
Inside the building there are many colorful paintings
showing daily life during the Maya/Toltec period of
Chichen Itza's history.
The upper temple has two enclosures whose entrance is an impressive entrance guarded by a statue of Chac-Mool . It is believed that offerings were placed on the stomach of the reclining figure who would act as messanger to the gods. At the main entrance there are two serpantine columns sculpted in the form of the feathered serpent whose bases are the heads and crowns are the tails of rattlesnakes.
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