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Uxmal - Great Pyramid Gran Pirámide

To the south-west of the Governor's Palace stands the Great Pyramid (Gran Pirámide), which has been partially restored. This building, which once had nine storeys, is 30 m (98 ft) high and was levelled off at the top. It did not have a temple, but merely small palace-like buildings on its four sides. The top storey had ornamentation in the Puuc style, including masks, parrots, latticework, flowers and meanders. One of the masks is fashioned in such a way that the nose forms a step or a throne, similar to the Codz-poop mask in Kabah.

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The massive staircase of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal.
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