Inside an Aztec Home
There were big differences between a rich Aztec home and a poor one. The nobles houses were like palaces. They were one story high and built around a courtyard. Each of the four side contained four or five large fooms. The courtyards were planted with flower and vegetable gardens. Some houses on the island in the center of the city were built of adobe-bricks made from mud and dried in the sun. Adobe is still used for building in Mexico today. These grad houses and places were whitewashed so that they shone in the sun. The Spanish soldier Bernal diaz described buildings that looked like" gleaming white towers and clastles : marvelous sight.