Doorway to the Incan room of three temples. Although the convent was
originally built over this, a huge earthquake in 1950 exposed it again,
giving archaeologists a chance to restore it. Note the shape of the
doorway, and the windows to the back: the Incans were very big on
trapezoids, and good thing, because the added stability the shape
provides against earthquakes is what kept structures like this one
intact, while 90% of the Spanish construction around and on top of it
was reduced to rubble. Way to show those Spanish!
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