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Tulúm: the Temple of the Frescoes
Temple of the Frescoes at Tulum (photo: Athena Review)
The
Temple of the Frescoes, located west of the Castillo, has a small
colonnaded lower gallery with two groups of murals from ca. AD 1450 in
the Mixteca- Puebla style (Miller 1982). The uppermost paintings show
the Maya deity Itzamná or Lizard House, while the lower group portrays
the Maya moon goddess Ix Chel holding two small Chacs or rain deities.
The interior shrine of the lower gallery is the oldest part of the
temple.
Outside, the temple frieze has 3 niches, with a central
Diving God in stucco relief. On the corners are low relief Chac masks
combined with Mixteca elements. In front of the temple is a small altar
and stela with a short count date of AD 1263.
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