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A testimony of the importance of these compounds in Inca architecture is that the central part of the Inca capital of Cusco consisted of large kancha, including Qurikancha and the Inca palaces. [13] The best preserved examples of kancha are found at Ollantaytambo, an Inca settlement located along the Urubamba River. [14]
A kancha is an Inca rectangular or trapezoidal walled enclosure composed of single-room buildings that face onto a common open courtyard or inner patio in the middle of the enclosure. Kanchas are widespread in the Inca Empire and normally have only one entrance gate.
The replication throughout Andean South America of Inca architectural techniques, such as those employed at Coricancha, expressed the extent of Inca control over a vast geographic region. [18] Pachakutiq Inca Yupanqui rebuilt Cusco and the House of the Sun, enriching it with more oracles and edifices, and adding plates of fine gold. He provided ...
The kancha was an architectural feature found in many tambos throughout the Inca empire. [21] The kancha consists of a walled rectangular enclosure , which houses a number of smaller one-room structures, facing a courtyard. [ 21 ]
Inka Kancha (Quechua Inka Inca, kancha enclosure; corral, [2] "Inca enclosure" or "Inca corral", Hispanicized spelling Incacancha) is a 5,146-metre-high (16,883 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Chicla District. Inka Kancha lies near the Antikuna mountain pass, south of Sillaqaqa. [1] [3]
House styles (31 C, 122 P) Sacral architecture (16 C, 30 P) A. A-frame houses and buildings (7 P) ... Inca architecture; Inca kancha; Indian rock-cut architecture;
Tampukancha (Quechua, tampu inn, kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, [1] Hispanicized Tambocancha, also Tambokancha) is an ancient Incan religious center located in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Zurite District, [2] about 30 miles from Cusco, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. [3]
Qhapaq Kancha (Quechua qhapaq noble, principal, mighty, kancha corral, [1] "principal corral", hispanicized spelling Ccapac Cancha) is an archaeological site in Peru of the Inca period on top of a mountain of the same name. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Coya District. [2]