{"id":419,"date":"2018-10-05T03:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T03:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2022-09-17T03:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T03:07:54","slug":"the-temple-of-the-bearded-man-in-chichen-itza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/the-temple-of-the-bearded-man-in-chichen-itza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temple of the Bearded Man in Chichen Itza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Temple of the Bearded Man is perhaps the best preserved of the buildings that surround the Great Ball Court<\/a>, the Temple gets its name from a strange bearded man who heads the scene. It is based on a wall of three stepped bodies that, together with the staircase that sits on a platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effect of the Itza people and its religious ideas can be seen in this building, which was subsequently built into the Grand Ball Court, attaching to the north wall that enclosed it. It\u2019s also known as the Grand Ball Court\u2019s North Temple measuring 10 m long and 6 m wide, with slanted walls and a central staircase facing south. The Temple sits on top of a platform 14 m long and 8 m wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It consists of a single chamber or room with an inverted roof. In its fa\u00e7ade there is a slope that ends in a slight protruding molding; then a vertical wall comes up to the height of the lintels that are supported by two columns with bas-reliefs. It\u2019s followed by a board strip that ends in a molded cornice and then comes the smooth frieze, finished off in another inverted crown with molding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has flagstones decorated with trees that have their roots in the earth, with plant branches that climb spiraling on its trunks. Butterflies and birds flutter around the trees, while others stand on the branches. Above these trees, Quetzalcoatl or Kukulkan<\/a> appears as man-bird-serpent with his face emerging from the jaws of a serpent with a forked tongue and feathered body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n