Uxmal is a Maya archaeological site on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, one of the principal cities of the Puuc architectural region, which flourished mainly during the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods from roughly the seventh to tenth centuries AD. Its buildings are noted for the distinctive Puuc style, with plain lower wall sections topped by elaborately carved upper friezes of mosaic stonework depicting geometric lattice patterns and masks of the rain deity Chaac, most famously on the building known as the Governor's Palace. Its tallest structure, the Pyramid of the Magician, rises in an unusual rounded, oval form built up over several earlier construction phases, and the site was largely abandoned by the time of Spanish contact for reasons that remain debated among archaeologists. UNESCO inscribed Uxmal as a World Heritage Site in 1996.
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Location62 km south of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico 1 Completed Year Classification
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Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: Óoxmáal [óˑʃmáˑl]) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico.
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Uxmal is located 62 km south of Mérida, capital of Yucatán state in Mexico.
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Uxmal is a Maya archaeological site on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, one of the principal cities of the Puuc architectural region, which flourished mainly during the Late Classic and Terminal Classic periods from roughly the seventh to tenth centuries AD. Its buildings are noted for the distinctive Puuc style, with plain lower wall sections topped by elaborately carved upper friezes of mosaic stonework depicting geometric lattice patterns and masks of the rain deity Chaac, most famously on the building known as the Governor's Palace. Its tallest structure, the Pyramid of the Magician, rises in an unusual rounded, oval form built up over several earlier construction phases, and the site was largely abandoned by the time of Spanish contact for reasons that remain debated among archaeologists. UNESCO inscribed Uxmal as a World Heritage Site in 1996.
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Its buildings are typical of the Puuc style, with smooth low walls that open on ornate friezes based on representations of typical Maya huts.
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