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Governor's Palace


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North Vaulted Passage, Front Right
Right section of front (east) facade showing north vaulted passageway, designed to provide a dramatic visual join emphasizing the tripartite division of the Palace. Functionally the two vaulted passageways led only to a narrow walkway behind.
Jan. 2003
Detail of section seen in photo at left, showing transverse wall added later halfway back.
Jan. 2001

Pre-1934 photograph of north vaulted passageway and front-right. Cf. especially photo below, far-left, and details below that.
Scanned from slide taken of copy photograph; reproduced Courtesy of The Library Photographic Collection (#117489), American Museum of Natural History.

 The inner surfaces of the passageway are entirely plain, breaking the otherwise continous frieze and base molding; the only exception being the molding at the springing of the arch, which is continued on the sides of the passageway.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Wide angle photographs (such as this) of the north transverse vaulted passageway are misleading, suggesting curvature, whereas these suffits are almost perfectly straight.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Stacks of 5 masks at both corners.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Detail of area seen in photo above. .
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Showing high quality form and finish of unrestored binder molding.
Jan. 2001
Underside of vaulted passageway, showing slight offset just below capstones.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Showing concrete-rubble core, deeply tenoned ("bootshaped") facing stones of vault, large capstones laid across top, and inricately patterned exterior "veneer" stones.
Jan. 2001
Transverse wall added halfway back, with rubble-concrete core and, facing stones.
Jan. 2001
Lower portion of transverse wall added halfway back, with rubble-concrete core and, facing stones.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
 

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