El Tajín - Surrounding Ruins

Lower down from the Building of the Columns stands Building I where polychrome paintings of zoomorphic deities were recently discovered. Below the steps is the Central Ball Court, with six panels depicting among others the deities Tláloc, Quetzalcóatl and Macuilxochiti. To the north of the ball court rises "La Gran Greca", a platform of dimensions unique in Meso-America which served as a base for several buildings. Further north again can be seen "La Gran Xicalcoiunqhui" (Nahuátl: "great stepped meander"), a huge serpentine wall associated with Quetzalcóatl.