Preface JP

Preface to area JP

September 2009 - G. Buccellati

Introduction

The Plaza facade

While zone J refers specifically to the central depression which corresponds to the Plaza, its major architectural elements belong to the Temple Terrace as well as to the Plaza, and thus they serve as a hinge which splits and links at the same time the two sides of the sacred space – the slope which rises to the Temple (the glacis) and the level surface in front of it (the Plaza).
Perceptually, however, these architectural elements may be viewed as belonging more properly to the Plaza. In fact, they serve specifically as its facade, which is to be viewed from the wide space in front.
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