The Group of the Columns, the major group of buildings, is just south of the Iglesia de San Pablo. It has two main patios, the Patio Norte and Patio Sur, each lined on three sides by long rooms. Along the north side of the Patio Norte is the Sala de las Columnas (Hall of the Columns), 38m long with six massive columns and unusual, very big, one-piece lintels over the doorways. At one end of this hall, a passage leads into El Palacio , which holds some of Mitla’s best stonework ‘mosaics.’ The passage and the palacio still bear traces of the original plaster and red paint. The Patio Sur holds two underground tombs.
