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| Plaza Regocijo |
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| Cusco street |
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| Plaza de Armas |
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| Cusco city centre |
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| Plaza de Armas |
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| Cusco street |
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| Plaza de Armas |
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| Cusco Cathedral |
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| Inca temple inside the cathedral |
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| Inca walls |
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| Representation of the ancient Inca temple complex |
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| View over the city from the cathedral |
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| View over the city from a hill |
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| Sacsayhuaman |
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| Zigzag walls of Sacsayhuaman |
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| Corner stones are always the biggest, and can weight 120 tons |
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| Sacsayhuaman is built on 3 levels, with walls getting smaller as you go up |
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| View over Cusco from Sacsayhuaman |
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| Visiting Kenko (Qenq'o) |
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| Table for the mummy preparation |
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| As this is underground, a sort of window was carved and covered with gold to mirror the light inside the chamber |
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| This used to be a statue of the Condor god, but it got destroyed by the Spanish (to enforce Christiannity) |
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| Puca Pucara (Red Fortress). Military building were colored in red. This one was built at the junction of the important roads starting from Cusco, capital of the Inca empire |
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| Arriving at the Tampumachay (fontaine Inca) |
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| In case ennemy would poison the waterr sources, Inca often built so that the source couldn't be found. This one remains undiscovered. |
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| The 4 carved niches on top were to honor the 4 elements, while the 2 on the bottom right are to represent duality (male/female). |
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| The fountain always keep the same flowing speed (debit?), even in case of drought or flood. Because of that, its water is believed to give eternal youth and fertility |
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| This area also has a few caves used by Incas. |
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| A local (Quechua). |
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| Corn cake, in corn leaf. |
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| Alpaca, in two different sauce (cheese and spice, or plum jam with semola and cheese). |
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