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Pre-Columbian sacred sites in Cusco, Peru
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Centro Arqueológico de Chinchero
Chinchero, Cusco, Peru
Chinchero is not a ruin. An Inca royal estate, a colonial church with syncretic murals, terraces still walked daily, and a Quechua community whose women have woven on...
Centro Arqueológico Puka Pukara
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Puka Pukara sits on high ground 7 km from Cusco. Known as the Red Fortress for the colour its stones take at dusk.
Complejo Arqueológico Q'enqo
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Q'enqo ('labyrinth') is an Inca ceremonial complex 4 km from Cusco at 3,580m, with an Intihuatana, underground galleries, and zigzag channels.
El Templo de los Monos
Part of Complejo Arqueológico Q'enqo
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Cusilluchayoc (Temple of the Monkeys) is a ceremonial centre carved from living rock 500 metres from Q'enqo Grande.
Huaca Pachatosa
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Huaca Pachatosa is a sacred site in Cusco where excavations revealed evidence of burnt offerings spanning pre-Inca and Inca periods.
Huaca Sapantiana
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Huaca Sapantiana is a sacred Inca site in Cusco's San Blas neighbourhood where a carved limestone bedrock sits in a ravine beside a colonial aqueduct....
Iglesia de Santo Domingo & Korikancha
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
At the heart of Cusco, the foundations of the Inca Empire's holiest temple rise beneath a Spanish colonial church....
Killarumiyoq
Ancahuasi, Cusco, Peru
Hidden in the hills above Cusco, Killarumiyoq preserves the Inca's most elaborate dedication to Mama Quilla, the Moon Goddess....
Machu Picchu
Machupicchu, Cusco, Peru
For nearly four hundred years, Machu Picchu waited in the cloud forest, abandoned but not destroyed, its stones slowly embraced by jungle while Spanish conquistadors...
Ollantaytambo Archeological Site
Compone, Cusco, Peru
At Ollantaytambo, terraces rise like stairs for giants, and six colossal stone blocks mark an unfinished Temple of the Sun that will never be completed....
Pisac Incan Archaeological Complex
Pisac, Cusco, Peru
Pisac sprawls across a mountain ridge at the entrance to the Sacred Valley, its terraces forming an inverted triangle that descends toward the Urubamba River....
Q'enco Archeological Complex
Cuzco, Cusco, Peru
Q'enco rises from Socorro hill, four kilometers from Cusco—a huaca carved entirely from living rock....
Saqsaywaman
Cuzco, Cusco, Peru
If Cusco was laid out by the Inca in the shape of a puma, Sacsayhuaman represents the head....
Tambomachay Archaeological Complex
Cuzco, Cusco, Peru
At 3,700 meters above Cusco, water emerges from underground springs and flows through channels carved five centuries ago by Inca engineers....
Templo de la Luna
Part of Complejo Arqueológico Q'enqo
Cusco, Cusco, Peru
The Temple of the Moon is a natural cavern near Q'enqo containing a ceremonial table illuminated by an aperture above.
Zona Arqueologica Moray
Maras, Cusco, Peru
Three groups of concentric circular terraces sink into the high plateau northwest of Cusco, each one descending through a temperature gradient of up to 15 degrees Celsius...
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