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1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Our last group dinner was held in a restaurant just off the square of the Plaza de Armas. From our table we could observe this wall. We learned that it was not only an original Inca wall but that it had once been a wall in the palace of the great Pachacuti himself, the man who built the Inca empire.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - First the Quechuan went about preparing a collection of herbs, confetti, and other materials in a paper wrapping.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - One group of Peruvians has remained pure Quechua since the days of the Spanish invasion. We met a member of this group, a curandero, or healer and participated in a spiritual ceremony that can be traced back to Inca times.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Then, one by one, we stood in front of the shaman while he moved his packet over and down our bodies, hoping to draw out the "bad spirits." Later he would burn the packet.
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 - 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 - Some of the gigantic stones can weigh up to 130 tons. At the corners, the Incas rounded the massive end stones.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - A traditional hoop dress is part of the Sunday-best attire of this Peruvian woman.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - The local dress added to the color of the Sunday festivities.
CUZCO, PERU - Our last group dinner was held in a restaurant just off the square of the Plaza de Armas. From our table we could observe this wall. We learned that it was not only an original Inca wall but that it had once been a wall in the palace of the great Pachacuti himself, the man who built the Inca empire.
1000places > CUZCO, PERU - Our last group dinner was held in a restaurant just off the square of the Plaza de Armas. From our table we could observe this wall. We learned that it was not only an original Inca wall but that it had once been a wall in the palace of the great Pachacuti himself, the man who built the Inca empire.
CUZCO, PERU - Our last group dinner was held in a restaurant just off the square of the Plaza de Armas. From our table we could observe this wall. We learned that it was not only an original Inca wall but that it had once been a wall in the palace of the great Pachacuti himself, the man who built the Inca empire.
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