The Maya city in Yucatán known for the Governor’s Palace and Nunnery Quadrangle is Uxmal.
Uxmal was a major Maya center in the Puuc region of the northern Yucatán Peninsula, an area noted for elaborate architectural decoration and limited surface water. Its most famous structures include the steep Pyramid of the Magician, the Governor’s Palace, and the four-sided Nunnery Quadrangle. Despite its name, the Nunnery Quadrangle was not a convent; Spanish visitors gave it that nickname because its buildings surrounded a courtyard in a way that reminded them of a European religious complex.
The Governor’s Palace is a long, elevated building decorated with geometric patterns, masks of the rain god Chaac, and other imagery. The Nunnery Quadrangle is generally associated with construction and remodeling around the late ninth and early tenth centuries, when Uxmal was one of the dominant northern Maya cities. The site’s Puuc style is especially recognizable for patterned stone mosaics and repeated Chaac masks.
Uxmal is sometimes confused with Chichén Itzá, Tulum, or Cobá because all are prominent Maya sites in the peninsula. However, the combination of the Governor’s Palace and Nunnery Quadrangle points specifically to Uxmal.