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You can visit the architectural complex Choquequirao is situated in Vilcabamba at 3100 meters, considered the last Inka refuge and place of resistance from the invaders, when doing ....

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Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Choquequirao Archaeological Site and its twelve sectors

March 11, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao path, choquequirao route, CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK, cusco destination, travel, travel to choquequirao, travel to cusco, travel to machu picchuNo comments

Sectors of Choquequirao In sector I, the sector of the plaza and temple, hanan area, located to the north and which is the highest part, there are five floor buildings, located on terraces of different levels. It is possible that they served as the residence of the priests. Higher up, there is another smaller plaza where two warehouse buildings (qolqas) and three other long residential buildings are located. (kallankas). A wall with a main...

Archaeological complex of Choquequirao

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The Choquequirao fortress is located in the Vilcabamba area, where the Incas of the Manco dynasty resisted the Spanish conquerors for 36 years (1536 - 1572), who never managed to expel them from it. The construction of Choquequirao is the work of the successors of the Inca Pachacútec, Túpac Inca Yupanqui (1471 - 1493) and Huayna Cápac (1493 - 1527). In the place, domestic and ceremonial ceramics of the classic Cuzco style were used, as well as...

What is in Choquequirao?

January 31, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao path, choquequirao route, choquequirao to machu picchu, CUSCO, cusco destination, MACHU PICCHU, PERUNo comments

Choquequirao has only been excavated 30%. Despite this, it already has several very important Inca constructions: Main square: the main square or Huaqaypata divided the site in two. It is a two-story stone construction. Next to him, there are other buildings connected to each other. Colcas - Typical buildings of the main Inca centers. In Choquequirao, these platforms have internal subdivisions. The purpose of these deposits was to store products...

History and Sectors of the Choquequirao llacta

January 28, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao path, choquequirao to machu picchu, CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK, choquequiraotrek, cusco destination, travelNo comments

The lost city of the Incas of Choquequirao was probably built in the fifteenth century, along with the city of Machu Picchu, during the administration of the Inca Pachacútec. However, this statement is contradicted by other historians who claim that its construction was later than Pachacútec, during the governments of Túpac Yupanqui or Huayna Cápac. Choquequirao Trek Information In the Inca era, Choquequirao was a very important cultural and...

Useful information of the last refuge of the Incas

January 26, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao route, CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK, CUSCO, cusco destination, PERU, travel, travel to machu picchuNo comments

Spectacular and distant, lonely and forgotten, Choquequirao (3,085 masl) is ruled on the top of an almost impregnable mountain in the province of La Convencion, department of Cusco, reason that made it for more than 40 years the last bastion of resistance of The children of the Sun, who sought refuge in their stone walls, after the defeat of Manco Inca, the rebel Inca, will visit palaces, two-level temples, fountain systems, canals, aqueducts, and...