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The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu, [14] "the suyu of four [parts]". In Quechua, tawa is four and -ntin is a suffix naming a group, so that a tawantin is a quartet, a group of four things taken together, in this case the four suyu ("regions" or "provinces") whose corners met at the capital.
This rainbow flag is sometimes displayed as a symbol of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), although Peruvian historiographers and the Peruvian Congress have stated that the empire never had a flag. [17] [18] While the wiphala is an emblem related principally to the Aymara people, the Inca had their origins with the Quechua people.
The Sapa Inca left many offspring at the end of his long reign, which were gathered in the Vicaquirao panaca, named after another of his sons, whom he put in charge of it. His reign was one of the best in Cusco's history and served as the foundation of what would become the Inca Empire. [3] [15] Portrait of Yawar Waqaq.
Pizarro left a garrison of 90 men and departed for Jauja with Manco Inca. [23]: 222, 227 Map showing the city of Cusco during the Inca Empire. Painting of 1565 by Giovanni Battista Ramusio. [25] [26] [27] View of Hatun Rumiyuq Street. Many of the colonial constructions used the city's Inca constructions as a base. [28]
In addition to being the city flag and a co-official flag of the Department of Cuzco, a seven-color flag has different uses depending on the context.It is used as the flag for Quechua languages, popular, but unofficial national flag of the Quechua people and flag representing the Inca heritage in general.
' fortress of the royal falcon or hawk ') [1] [2] [3] is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 metres (12,142 ft). The complex was built by the Incas in the 15th century, particularly under Sapa Inca Pachacuti and his successors. [4]
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