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Copán Reconstruction Drawings
  Image - Copán City Wards; (1) Grand Plaza, (2) Acropolis, (3) Cemetary, (4) Forest, (5) Burials
Image - Copán Group General view of the main group of the ancient city of Copán. At center left is the North Plaza where the 13th ruler Waxaklajun Ub'aah K'awil erected Stelae C, F, H, A, B, and D between AD 711 and 736.
Image - Temple 26 Detail view of the ball game area and Temple 26. Stela 2 stands at North end of the ballcourt, itself located just North of the steep hieroglyphic staircase leading to the 'temple' atop Structure 26.
Image - Copán Acropolis General view of the Copán acropolis. Ballcourt and Structure 26 are at left in the image, the large Structure 11 is at the center foreground, with Structure 16 in the background and to the right.
Image - Temple 11 and 16 View of the west courtyard with temple 11 and 16 as main characters. Structure 16 is in the background with the palace-area for the 16th ruler, Yas Pasaj, fading away at the far right.
Image - Temple 16 (2 Tone Render) Main view of Temple 16 in 2 tone render. The staircase of Structure 16 in this image faces west, but in earlier substructures the staircase faced East and toward the East court.
Image - Copán Acropolis (2 Tone Render) General view of the Copán acropolis in 2 tone render. Structure 11 is in the foreground featuring it's north-facing staircase. Structure 26 is at center-left and Structure 16 is in the right background.
Image - General elevation view of the Copan acropolis General elevation view of the Copán acropolis.
Image - General view of the Copán acropolis from above General view of the Copán acropolis from above, showing the North Plaza stelae grouping in the north (at right) and the acropolis structures to the left (south).
Image - General view of the Copán acropolis from South East General view of the Copán acropolis from South East.
Image - General view of the Copán acropolis from South West General view of the Copán acropolis from South West.

About the Author
Carlos Gastélum was born in Guadalajara Mexico, and moved to Honduras in his childhood. He studied in the University "Jose Cecilio del Valle" and has used his architecture degree to focus on heritage management planning, tourism facilities and landscape design. He is a gifted computer technician and designs 3-d models using state of the art software. Carlos also works making scale models, designing furniture, illustrating books, and designing +building all types of infrastructure. To contact Carlos Gastélum you may do so at gastelumbv@yahoo.com

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