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Patallacta viewed from above. Trekkers normally take four or five days to complete the "Classic Inca Trail" [3] but a two-day trek from Km 104 is also possible. [4]It starts from one of two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles) from Cusco on the Urubamba River at approximately 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) or 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) elevation, respectively.
A mid-2003 study of the site conducted by Hugh Thomson and Gary Ziegler [7] concluded that the location of Llaqtapata along the Inca trail suggested that it was an important rest stop and roadside shrine on the journey to Machu Picchu. This and subsequent investigations have revealed an extensive complex of structures and features related to ...
The Chilean Inca trail (El Camino del Inca en Chile) is a local and popular term among local tourism initiatives [1] [2] [3] and Chilean anthropologists and archaeologists [4] for the various branches of the Qhapak Ñan (the Inca road system) in Chile and its associated Inca archaeological sites.
Patallacta (possibly from Quechua pata elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), [1] "settlement on a platform" [2] pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata [3] or Q'ente Marka (possibly from Quechua q'inti hummingbird, marka village, "hummingbird village") is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region ...
The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu [2] is a protected area in Peru covering over 35,000 hectares. It includes the natural environment surrounding the Machu Picchu archaeological site, located in the rugged cloud forest of the Yungas on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes and along both banks of the Urubamba River, which flows northwest in this section.
The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq Ñan [note 1] meaning "royal road" in Quechua [1]) was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in pre-Columbian South America. It was about 40,000 kilometres (25,000 mi) long.
Machu Picchu [a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [9] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [10] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire.
Wiñay Wayna (2650 m) (Quechua for "forever young", Hispanicized spelling Huiñay Huayna) is an Inca ruin along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is built into a steep hillside overlooking the Urubamba River. The site consists of upper and lower house complexes [1] connected by a staircase and fountain structures.
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