El Cuarto del Rescate

The Ransom Chamber is the only Incan building still standing in Cajamarca. Despite its name, the room shown to visitors is the spot where Atahualpa was imprisoned, not where the ransom was actually stored. It has three trapezoidal doorways and a few similarly shaped niches in the inner walls - signature Incan construction.

The entrance to the site houses a couple of modern paintings depicting Atahualpa's capture and imprisonment. Although well built, the chamber does not compare with the Incan buildings in the Cuzco area - the stone is weathered and the building has only recently been covered by a large protective dome.