A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 616
a Drawing by F. Catherwood.) celled temple, and the lower apartments appropriated to the priests,but it is more probable that they were all palaces, the residences oftemporal chiefs, inasmuch as at Uxmal a pyramidal temple is attachedto the building called the Casa del Cubernador, which is… … Sometimes, instead of the buildings standing within and above eachother, as in the last example, they are arranged around a courtyard, asin that called the Casa de las Monjas at Uxmal (Woodcut No. 1023),one of the most remarkable buildings in Central America, for its size,as well as for…
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