Uxmal

The finest example of Puuc Maya architecture in the Yucatan, Uxmal's Governor's Palace facade of 20,000 individually carved interlocking mosaic stones depicting Chaac rain god masks is considered the highest achievement of architectural decoration in pre-Columbian America. The Pyramid of the Magician's unique oval base, the Nunnery Quadrangle's Venus symbols, and the Iguana House combine into a site of extraordinary intellectual complexity.