Defining itself as an instant favorite, the Temple of Frescoes stands out. Inside are the infamous frescoes this place is named after. Each one of these possesses beautiful and distinctive Mayan Decorations. If you look through a metal gate you’ll see a fresco. This one still holds some color and looks great. Beautiful carvings cover the astounding temple.
The first parts of the building were built around the year 1450, somewhat close to the end of the Postclassical Period. And just like most of the other buildings on this site, little by little the Mayans constructed more to it, updating it in along the way. The temple is a two level building. The upper level temple is decorated with red-colored hand prints. The lower level is comprised of two temples one within another. The inner temple’s façade is decorated with fresco murals. The outer temple has stucco figures, and carved masks of Chac, the creator god. Also one of the outer temple carvings is that of the descending god (this carving is one you’ll see a lot in this site).
Another interesting fact about this structure is that the murals are painted in tree levels each representing a different area in Mayan cosmology. These being from top to bottom: the underworld (for the deceased), Earth (for the living), and Heaven (for of the creator and rain gods).
