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Quadrangle of the Birds

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Distant Views and Vaulted Passage

Official INAH plaque.
Jan. 2002
Detail of plaque at left; groundplan, vertical cross-section, and colonnette detail of House of the Birds. In this groundplan the back (west) wall, at top, is indicated without present archway.
Jan. 2002
Detail of plaque at far left; groundplan of Nunnery Quadrangle, Pyramid of the Magician, and - between them - Quadrangle of the Birds, indicated by the arrow.
Jan. 2002
Spanish description.
Jan. 2002h)
Yucatec Mayan description.
Jan. 2002
English description.
Jan. 2002
Looking west from top of Pyramid of the Magician; east building of quadrangle, professionally reconstructed 1982-1994.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Looking northwest from top of Pyramid of the Magician; north building of quadrangle, professionally reconstructed 1982-1994.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)

"Fig. 74. Uxmal. The two Houses of the Parrots."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal”, 1917 (fig. 74); print closely based on Seler’s on-site drawing.                            

Arched passageway into Quadrangle of the Birds, lined up just slightly off center of Pyramid of the Magician.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Looking west, out same arched passageway, professionally reconstructed 1982-1994.
Nov. 1999
"Fig. 75c. Uxmal. House of the Parrots. Structure of the facade of the back wall and of the side room."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal”, 1917 (fig. 75c); print closely based on Seler’s on-site drawing.                            
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