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Great Palace


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Mid-level of West (left) Side

From south-west corner; showing mid-level with wrap-around corner mask.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Interior of room farthest left, looking through end door to room with staircase, door into back room at left.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Interior of same room, looking through same narrow end door to room with staircase; visible beam holes near top.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
2003. Exterior of room farthest left with triple openings, and, next, room with narrow single doorway leading to interior staircase.
Jan. 2003 (200mm lens)
1843. Same view as in photo at left; the verticals probably slightly straightened in this print.
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol.II, facing p. 21); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42 on-site drawing.
Narrow room with collapsed interior staircase (as in photos above); looking south to top of vault, exterior doorway below.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
South-west corner, the corner mask restored.
Jan. 2001
South front of wrap-around corner mask, restored.
Jan. 2001
West side of wrap-around corner mask, restored.
Jan. 2001
 

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