House of the Inca
Machu Picchu, Perú
The House of the Inca in Machu Picchu is the most elegant building for domestic use, and has several rooms. The central patio is surrounded by two large rooms with fine finishes and beautiful lintels, and two other small rooms with three walls, with evidence of having had a steeply inclined roof.
On the floor of the patio there are two small outcrops of granite rock, which apparently were used as mortars or grinders. Although others claim that they were mirrors for astronomical observation.
The Apunchiq or Apu Inka of Machu Picchu (representative of the Qhápaq Inka) would have lived in this house, surrounded by relatives and servants. His room was the south-east room, inside which there is an unusual division, which corresponded to the bathroom (for bathing), since there is a drainage hole at the base. On another side, there is a low wall like a bed, which is why it is called the “House of the Inca”.
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