HISTORY OF MESO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

EDZNA No.1

• Five-storied building. Late Classic.

• The base is 60m square and 1.6m height. The height of the pyramid is 31m.

• left : The detail of the column on the 4th story.
  
  
• A very rare feature in Maya architecture appears here.
  The short column , with pronounced entasis, provided with a quadrangular capital and designed essentially to emphasize the apertures of one of the facade.
  
  This kind of columns are found in the Palade of Sayil, Yucatan.

Photo: Kohichi Hotta

[No.1]Five-storied building, Temple of the moon
[No.2]Five-storied building, Detail

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