 These beds are raised high off the ground to protect the sleepers from a nocturnal attack.Items formerly on display in this building after the end of the Merina monarchy in 1897 until the destruction of the original structure in the 1995 fire included Andrianampoinimerina's "filanzana" (palanquin), several wooden trunks and a pot of "jaka" (zebu confit) said to date from the king's reign.The name Masoandrotsiroa (Masoandro) was given to a series of buildings on the Rova grounds.