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Kancha
Also called cancha
The basic Inca building group: rectangular single-room buildings set round an open courtyard inside an enclosing wall.
Rules that use the word
The kancha: a walled court with one door. Build every household, palace and temple as a kancha: a rectangular walled enclosure with a single doorway to the street, its single-room houses set against the walls and facing a central court; pair the kanchas back to back to make the blocks of the town.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Americas.
A feature of Andean architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Jian · Juansha · Jǔzhé · Kalasha · Karesansui · Karikomi · Katsuogi · Ken