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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 ...
Tambo Colorado (Quechua: Pukatampu) is a well-preserved Inca adobe complex near the coast of Peru, also known under the Quechua names Puka Tampu ("red resting place"), Pukallaqta ("red place") or Pukawasi ("red house").
Pages in category "Inca" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. ... Inca kancha; Inca plan; Inca road system; Inca Trail to Machu Picchu;
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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 ...