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We journey to the Land of the Incas.

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1000places > CUZCO, PERU - On a hillside outside of Cuzco are the ruins of one of the Inca's great achievements, the monumental temple-fortress called Sacsayhuaman.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - The Incas built many of their cities in the shape of animals. Cuzco was based on the outline of a puma, and the jagged walls of Sacsayhuaman represented the puma's teeth.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Like most of the impressive structures of the Incas, Sacsayhuaman was probably built - or at least begun - by the great Inca Pachacuti. But just over 100 years after Pachacuti constructed this temple-fortress, it became the site of one of the great battles of the Conquest. Here Manco II led 200,000 attacking warriors in a last-ditch attempt to retake their capital city from the Spaniards. But 190 Spaniards held up behind these stones were able to hold off the Inca army.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - At the time of the Spanish invasion, Sacsayhuaman was as much as three times its current height. Many of the buildings constructed by the Spaniards in downtown Cuzco used stones from Sacsayhuaman.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - The stones of Sacsayhuaman are amazing - and the construction methods used by the Incas to move and hoist these stones were probably equally amazing.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - As in other ancient structures, the Incas carved stones to fit precisely together. At Sacsayhuaman, however, the stones were for the most part significantly larger.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Sacsayhuaman is the Peruvian "Stonehenge."

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Some of the gigantic stones can weigh up to 130 tons. At the corners, the Incas rounded the massive end stones.

1000places > CUZCO, PERU - From the terraces of Sacsayhuaman, you can see the way Cuzco is built in the bowl of surrounding mountains.

CUZCO, PERU - On a hillside outside of Cuzco are the ruins of one of the Inca's great achievements, the monumental temple-fortress called Sacsayhuaman.

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