original: The city's Inca architecture, however, withstood the earthquake.
simplifications: The city's Inca architecture withstood the earthquake. The city's Inca architecture,  survived the earthquake. The city's Inca architecture stood up to the earthquake. The city's Inca buildings resisted the earthquake. The city's Inca architecture, however, did okay in the earthquake. The earthquake did not destroy the Inca buildings. Nevertheless, Inca architecture of the city defied the earthquake. The Inca designs in the city held up to the earthquake. The Inca architecture withstood the earthquake. The city's Inca building survived the earthquake.