For the mountain pass in the Sinai Desert, see Mitla Pass.
Mitla is the name commonly given to an archaeological site located in the town of San Pablo Villa de Mitla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is famous for its pre-Columbian Mesoamerican buildings.
Five main groups of buildings remain including a former palace. It consists of three large rooms set around tombs and a courtyard. The palace walls are decorated with geometric mosaics found in other Mitla’s buildings. Each frieze (sculpture) consists of up to 100,000 separate pieces of cut stone.
One of the rooms has six huge pillars that once supported the roof. The ruins still have traces of paintwork.
Greca, Mitla ruins, Oaxaca, originally uploaded by Mexicanwave.
Decorations on palace wall
