The Temple of the Warriors is a structure 12 meters high and 40 meters long. The central temple shows relays of warriors and eagles and onças devouring human hearts, as representations of the Tlalchitonatiuh gods.
The Warrior Temple is one of the most impressive and important structures of Chichen Itza.
It may be the only late classic building built, large or sufficient for large gatherings.
The temple consists of four platforms, flanked on the south and west sides by 200 round and square columns.
All the square columns were sculpted in low relief, with Toltec warriors; In some places the columns are joined together with a kind of cement, only painted with live cores and covered with gesso.
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