Monte Albán - Palace

(Local Name: Palacio) The second most important construction in this group also has a wide stairway and is called the Palacio (Palace). On its upper platform only ruins of the walls of the rooms once probably inhabited by priests remain. Below the inner courtyard was found a cruciform tomb dating from the Monte Albán IV phase. Between the Palace and the Middle Row can be seen an integral altar, within which an unusual jade mask of the bat god was found.