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;
tructed
it,
or of the Inca
f
or whom
it
was
desig~
ned, and who held the serpent as an obj ect of
veneration. Moreover, since Inca architecture is
practically devoid of ornamentation, these ser–
pents constitute. a notable exception.
Similar decorations are found on the nor–
thern side of this edifice, which over1ooks the
street called Pumacurcu, ;as well as on a frag–
ment of wall which is on the hill of "Almiran–
te"
(Adm[r~l)
fronting the colonial pala
1
ce of
that na;me. Garcilazo calls this section AMARU-
CATA or decHne o.f the serpent.
The other street which crosses the "Steet of
Pacades" is called HAT.UNRUMIYOC, and shows
a wall
f
ormed of great ·tones,
among which
stands o t one
· twelve angles, a singular stone
resting among ·B-leven smaller ones. This is the
keystone of the entire building, and is also of
symbolic
ean1ng, more or less as an emblem
of the house. The el&ven stones surrounding it
\vould seem to indicate eleven other tribes which
had contributed to the erection of this superb
Inca dwelling; this symbolic significance is in
harmony with the artistic spirit of the
~ace.
Ar–
chreologically it would be better to call this street,
insteacJl of HATUNRUMIYOC or "Big
Stone",
the '.'Str.eet of the Twelve Angles".
Leaving this s1treet, one
enters
rriumph
(Triunfo), Street, which is merely a continua–
tion of HATUNRUMIYOC, there being interes-
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