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The courtyard of the Palace of the Jaguar
Within the Palace are murals depicting the jaguar, an animal that was sacred in most of the ancient Mexican civilizations. Here we see the jaguar in a feathered headdress and blowing a conch shell.
In the adjacent Temple of the Feathered Conch Shells the pillars are carved with images of shells, a symbol of the rain god, Tlaloc.
Other pillars in the temple are decorated with carvings of flowers.
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