Teotihuacán - Square of the Moon Pyramid Plaza de la Pirámide de la Luna

The Palace of the Jaguars (Palacio de los Jaguares) adjoins the Palace of the Quetzal Butterfly and has many remarkable early wall-paintings, which include depictions of predatory cats with human heads and jaguars blowing into shells. On a frieze symbols of the rain god and the year can still be made out.

A tunnel leads to part of what is probably the oldest building in Teotihuacán. Known as the Subestructura de los Caracoles Emplumados (Substructure of the Feathered Snails), it lies hidden away beneath the Palace of the Quetzal Butterfly. The largest of the remaining facades, which once belonged to a temple, is decorated with superb reliefs. Snails decorated with colourful feathers (musical instruments?), green birds (parrots?) and four-leaved flowers are all visible.