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The mountain Veronica looms over the Sacred Valley. Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Sacred Valley of the Incas (Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas; Quechua: Willka Qhichwa), or the Urubamba Valley, is a valley in the Andes of Peru, north of the Inca capital of Cusco. It is located in the present-day Peruvian region of Cusco.
Later as the threats from other tribes declined the villagers moved closer to the main road to Cusco and Urcos. [3] It is unknown when the complex that remains today was built, but the consensus is that the contributions by the Inca's were built by the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1471/1472) no earlier than 1440.
Huchuy Qosqo, (also spelled Yuchuy Cuzco), is an Incan archaeological site north of Cuzco, Peru.Its name is Quechua for "Little Cuzco." It lies at an elevation of 3,650 meters (11,980 feet), overlooking the Sacred Valley and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west and above the town of Lamay at an elevation of 2,920 metres (9,580 ft). [1]
During his reign, Cusco grew from a hamlet into an empire that could compete with, and eventually overtake, the Chimú empire on the northern coast. He began an era of conquest that, within three generations, expanded the Inca dominion from the valley of Cusco to a sizeable part of western South America.
Cusco was long an important center of indigenous people. It was the capital of the Inca Empire (13th century – 1532). Many believe that the city was planned as an effigy in the shape of a puma, a sacred animal. [22] How Cusco was specifically built, or how its large stones were quarried and transported to the site remain undetermined.
Qurikancha museum marker graphically explaining the Inca system of wak'as and siq'is Qurikancha museum marker describing the Inca system of wak'as and siq'is. The siq'i (Spanish: Ceque; Quechua: A stripe, stroke, line indicating a direction.), Quechua pronunciation:) system was a series of ritual pathways leading outward from Cusco into the rest of the Inca Empire.
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Raqch'i [1] [2] is an Inca archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, San Pedro District, near the populated place Raqch'i. It is 3480 meters above sea level and 110 kilometers from the city of Cuzco. [3] It also known as the Temple of Wiracocha, one of its constituents. Both lie along the Vilcanota River. [4]