Labna

Labna (or Labná in Spanish orthography) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site and ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the Puuc Hills region of the Yucatán Peninsula.

It is situated to the south of the large Maya site of Uxmal, in the southwest of the present-day state of Yucatán, Mexico.

It undoubtedly had a complex social organization and shares style and decorative elements with other cities in the region (Uxmal, Sayil, Kabah).

From the palace, a ceremonial road (sacbe) extends to an elaborately decorated gateway arch ("El Arco").

This makes extensive use of well-cut stone forming patterns and depictions, including masks of the long-nosed rain-god Chaac.

The Labna Arch sketched by Catherwood