Templo de los Guerreros - The Temple of the Warriors

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The war temple is a fine example of the Maya-Toltec architecture. He is northeast of the Pyramid of Kukulcan, at the northern end of the 1000 columns.
Snake pillars of the temple building

The upper platform is reached by a staircase, which, however, is closed to tourists. There, the well-known as a Chac Mool figure in half-lying position is to be seen. Chac Mool, the name goes back to the New York amateur archeologist Augustus Le Plongeon that in him the image of a suspected he saw Mayan prince, he has nothing to do with the rain god Chac do. The walls of the substructure like a pyramid are decorated with reliefs continuously repeated. On the existing piers of square stone blocks warriors are represented, as well as eating eagle, the hearts of men. On the upper platform is the temple, the entrance of two pillars snake was born. This snake pillars correspond Toltec style. However, the snout noses of the rain god Chac, as can be seen on the outer walls of the temple building to come, the architectural style of the Maya.

On the north side of the temple there is an access to the interior of an earlier construction of the temple, in its structure which corresponds to a large extent, and was later uncovered in the excavations in the 1930s. The pillars that once supported the roof, are similar to those of the later temple decorated with reliefs. She colored paint is still intact and shows how all the pillars must have looked like. On the back wall of the temple area is a large, walled sacrificial table, which is supported by numerous Altanten figures just under 1 m high.