| As it stood there, lifting its proud roofs and gables to the sky, it might have been its own funeral monument. |
| The prevailing style of the roughly 3,800 neighboring houses features large gables and verandas, with porticos, pediments, and glossy interiors. |
| At one point, they measured the angle of the roof gables at Machu Picchu and advised the artist to make them steeper. |
| Look at the gables, look at the pinnacles, look at the crockets, look at the parapets! |
| Crowstep gables and a small gun port in the back wall are a structural reminder of the transition from fortified house to mansion. |
| A slight pagoda-like lift to the gables and unusual terracotta roof ornaments lend a hint of the exotic to the large shingled houses. |
