{"id":834,"date":"2018-10-22T15:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T20:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:40:26","slug":"temple-frescoes-tulum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/temple-frescoes-tulum\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum had an important social and religious importance; its architectural elements, murals, decorations, sculptures and general appearance point to a place of profound veneration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-Frescoes-in-Tulum.jpg\" alt=\"The Frescoes in Tulum\" class=\"wp-image-836\"\/><figcaption>The Frescoes in Tulum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The name of this building is due to the fact that in the back room of the first floor there are still remains of a mural painting on stucco, in black, green, yellow and mainly red with representations of female and male deities, intertwined snakes, offerings dedicated to the Gods like flowers, fruits <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">and<\/g> ears of corn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vestiges of the paintings found inside the Temple of the Frescos in Tulum represent schematic deities made with lines in an area of approximately 8m long by less than 1m high.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Temple of the Frescoes\u2019 first floor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum is a small two-story building, the first floor has two rooms and 4 monolithic columns that forms the entrance gaps. It also has 3 niches with the figure of the descending god in the center and two standing figures on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Temple-of-the-Frescoes-in-Tulum-Niches.jpg\" alt=\"Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum Niches\" class=\"wp-image-837\"\/><figcaption>Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum Niches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the corners of the <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">frieze<\/g> you can see large stuccoed masks that possibly represented the God Itzamn\u00e1, the Mayan god creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Corner-of-Temple-of-the-Frescoes-in-Tulum.jpg\" alt=\"Corner of Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum\" class=\"wp-image-838\"\/><figcaption>Corner of Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Temple of the Frescoes\u2019 second floor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The second floor is a single small sanctuary decorated with red colored handprints. The outside of the temple has 3 horizontal protruding strips, and above the doorway there\u2019s a niche with the figure of the descending god.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building stages of the Temple of the Frescoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During its first stage of construction a chamber with an altar was erected, murals on the facade and an entrance decorated with a human figure with his head down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second stage consisted of a gallery with entrances formed by several columns decorated with plaster figures. Later, part of the gallery was filled with stone to be used as a base for the upper temple.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location of the Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum is located in the center of the City in front of the funerary platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum had an important social and religious importance; its architectural elements, murals, decorations, sculptures and general appearance point to a place of profound veneration. 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