Locations > Cuernavaca > Jacques' zacuali
   
Lowry sets the action of Ch. VII inside the zacuali or tower of Jacques Laruelle, a striking building in the Calle Humboldt that is today the Bajo el Volcan restaurant and hotel.
   
The Consul regarded her without expression as she stared up into the sun at the bizarre house opposite them near the end of their street – UTV, 62.

There were two towers with a sort of catwalk between them, joining them on the roof, and on the one that seemed to be used as a mirador, there were all kinds of angels, and other round objects, carved out of red sandstone. The funny chevron-shaped windows are still there, but there used to some writing in gold leaf below them that you read from the road – Dark as the Grave, 140. From Douglas Day, Malcolm Lowry, 264.
A modern view of the zacuali tower.
   
The zacuali over the years
Views from the tower of the zacuali
   

Above and below: Lowry's sketches of Jacques' zacuali, courtesy UBC Special Collections.