After the Pyramid of the High Priest and the Platform of the High Priest and across from the Observatory comes the Red House.  The Red House has the Puuc architectural style which I love.  Soft and gentle and just feels great.

According to the INAH Plaque accompanying this temple, archaeologists named this temple “red house” based upon the fragments of red paint found in its interior.  The Red House is also known as Chichanchob, which is Mayan for “little holes”, probably due to the lime roofcomb (pierced roof crest).  The Red House has an antechamber and 3 rooms and a sculptured hieroglyphic inscription in the main chamber.  The temple’s facade is smooth.  The temple has 2 roofcombs reminiscent of the late Puuc architectural style of the Terminal Classic Period.  Archaeologists suspect that the Red House has a religious and public use because a ball court is joined to its eastern side, with bas-reliefs carved in the Maya-Toltec style.