| Object Name: |
Burnt Palace |
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| Creation Date: |
900-1200 AD |
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| Culture: |
Toltec-Tula, Post-Classic Period |
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| Site: |
Tula, Hidalgo |
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| Image source: |
CSULA Art Dept Visual Resources |
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West of Pyramid B is the so-called Palacio Quemado or Burnt Palace. Burned it was in a major conflagration although we cannot be sure when or how it happened. This is an enormous 91 m x 59 m building. It was laid out with 3 large colonnaded halls facing south onto a long colonnaded gallery or vestibule with several smaller rooms in the rear. Each of these halls has a sunken central patio flanked by columns.
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