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dr d ·
f th
maidens, designat d
f
or
Ll
at si
cia1
I
urpose.
The Ajilla-wasi
v;
as kept closed. No ruan
( ave the Inka and those who accompanied him
cr the mom,ent) could enter. The sev rest penal–
ti .
w
r
inflicted upon those
who
disobeyed this
1nj
unction.
The convent of Santa Catalina occupi s this
Inka building today.
YACHAYWASI: Very
f
ew of the chroniclers
inak mention of the Inka academies or schools.
\\ e
know they existed, because Garcilaso amongst
olher
informs us to this
eff
ect. We also know
that
l11c
educalion ·
a=s
g·ven onl
o the nobles
(Ink
s
qr
l
u
itles). Tle
;;cho Is
~~
si e
:dioate
at present to
tll e
f th
a a ienas.
,
..
~v--~~1Jn
er o
~
,
in high r lief
on
íf · ·
1 I
• YU
'.
These a e totemic representa–
ti
ons of th A1naru as well as a chance fox, not
properly identifiecl.
SUN'IURWASI: The rremple of
rrriumph
"' agrario or Matriz) is built upon the site of the
JiJka palace in which the spanish conquerors
le
1
0
l
refuge during th
siege of Cuzco by Inka
l\
lanko. The colonial liegend states that the Virgin
u
nd Santiago descended from Heav n on a 23rd
of
~Ia~
brandishing a flaming sword.
'uulur\Ya
i
"'a
the sgclion of the dü;trict of
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