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House of the eagles, Phase 2.

This construction phase is the best conserved, so that we can see the stairways, porticos, rooms, and a small interior patio. This patio allows for the entrance of light and rain and facilitates the circulation of air. Rainwater ran into a drain in the floor.

The inner rooms reflect the influence of the Toltec style, which was dominant four centuries before this building was constructed. Some examples are the banquettes and the braziers bearing the face of the god Tláloc.

The flowers with four petals, located at the doorways to the rooms on the east of the building, symbolized the four corners of the universe. In the southern part, we can observe a colonial oven that destroyed part of the building.

Four ceramic sculptures flanking the entrances to the rooms were found during excavations. Two of these represent men in eagle attire, and two others represent the god of death, Mictlantecuhtli. These sculptures can be viewed inside the museum.