Crosse´s Temples, Foliada and Sun Cross

Palenque has the features of a typical archaeological site: mysterious, solemn and well preserved and looming amid the jungle. There are 3 temples in the northern part. The Temple of the Cross, known for its delicate sculptures and its interiors, the Foliated Cross is named for a panel where an ear of corn appears as a cruciform and the Sun, which is the best preserved of the site, which sits on a pyramid of four bodies surmounted by a cresting of 4.40 meters. In Palenque there are hundreds of similar but less accessible structures, hidden in the jungle and maintaining its mystery ....