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The Governor's Palace, a long low building atop a huge platform, with the longest façades in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. With an approximate azimuth of 118°, the building is oriented to the main pyramid of Cehtzuc, a small site located nearly 5 km to the southeast.
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The building was connected to the cult of Kukulcán, a serpent deity, according to officials.
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During his rule, between 890-910 AD, some of the largest and most impressive buildings in Uxmal, such as the so-called Nunnery Quadrangle and the Governor's Palace, were built. An inscription at a large ballcourt in Uxmal, for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, informs us it was dedicated in 901 during the reign of this king.
The Palace in Palenque Governor's Palace, Uxmal Tikal Chichen Itza, Great Ball Court, Temple of the Jaguars. The following tables show the different phases of Mesoamerican architecture and archeology and correlates them with the cultures, cities, styles and specific buildings that are notable from each period.
Lord Chac was the exception and it appears that under his patronage Uxmal ultimately rose to power as the last great Maya capital of the Classic period. The most striking and beautiful buildings--the so-called Nunnery and the Governor's Palace--were built during the reign of Lord Chac (Chan-Chak-Kaknal-Ahaw) in about 890-910 CE.