The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . TOWER IN THE PALACE. Las Playas and Palenque. 24: some stucco coatings still facing some portions, I saw nothingin the remains which could compare with the great decorativesubjects of that city. The west wing of the palace is the best preserved, but unlikethe other two, it has no longer a double gallery. The interior. THE PALACE, WESTERN FACADE. has three long, narrow apartments which open on the courtyard,and communicate with the exterior by two doorways at eachend. The outer ga
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . TOWER IN THE PALACE. Las Playas and Palenque. 24: some stucco coatings still facing some portions, I saw nothingin the remains which could compare with the great decorativesubjects of that city. The west wing of the palace is the best preserved, but unlikethe other two, it has no longer a double gallery. The interior. THE PALACE, WESTERN FACADE. has three long, narrow apartments which open on the courtyard,and communicate with the exterior by two doorways at eachend. The outer gallery is also the best preserved ; the facadeis entire, except the centre of the north-west angle, while allthe pillars still bear traces of the beautiful reliefs with whichthey were once ornamented. The south end of this gallery shows clearly that the monu- R 2 244 The Ancient Cities of the New World. mcnt ended here, and that the cloisters, as we have named them,constituted a separate pile, which was divided from the groupof dvvelHngs. Opposite to this, some 325 feet distant to thewest, rose another pyramid crowned with a temple, of whichnothing but mouldering ruins remain.
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