Labná
Labná is a center of ceremony in ruins of civilization Maya in the state of the Yucatan to the Mexico.
Labná is located at the western south of the state, in the south of Uxmal; its coordinates are 20.09.6 north and 89.35 west.
The site shelters a large palace with two stages, some pyramidal temples and a kind of decorated triumphal arch. Architecture is of style Puuc and makes an excessive use of structures embriquant of the stones cut to measure and of paintings of which in particular masks of Chac, the god of the rain to the long nose.
The site was built during the final traditional period. A date corresponding to 862 is registered in the palate.
The first reference written on Labná is due to John Lloyd Stephens which visited the site with the artist Frederick Catherwood in 1842.
The site is open for tourist visits.
See too
Related articles
- Maya Civilization
- Maya People
- List of the Maya sites
- Chichén Itzá
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- Maya civilization
- history of the Mayas
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