Cusco and Sacred Valley

Cusco and Sacred Valley
Date(s): June 26-27, 30, July 1-3, 2008. Album by David Clement. 1 - 38 of 38 Total. 2233 Visits.

1 just into the region of Cusco, a large Inca ruin called Raqchi	2	3	4 Temple of Wiracocha - believed to have had the largest single roof in the Inca Empire
5 church in Andahuaylillas - said to be more impressive (on the inside) than the main cathedral in Cusco	6 Cusco: view from my room at Casa Ochoa	7 Plaza de Armas	8 main cathedral on left, Jesuit church on right
9	10	11 Canada Day in Cusco	12 San Francisco church
13 on the way up to San Cristobal Church	14 from courtyard of San Cristobal: Plaza San Francisco is straight ahead	15 from courtyard of San Cristobal: Plaza de Armas is straight ahead	16 famous stone of 12 angles
17 San Blas	18 Coricancha (Temple of the Sun)	19 great Inca construction in Coricancha	20
21 Sacsayhuamán: Manco Inca and the conquistadors fought a large battle here	22 me at Sacsayhuamán, Cusco in background	23 El Cristo Blanco: a gift to the city of Cusco from resettled Palestinians	24 Q'enqo: this chamber was probably lit up from the sun's reflection off gold
25 Tambomachay, also known as "Baths of the Inca"	26 fountains (of youth and fertility) at Tambomachay	27 Plaza de Armas at night	28
29 town of Pisac on the Urubamba River	30 me at Pisac ruins	31 Video of Pisac here	32 more Pisac ruins
33 view from Ollantaytambo fortress; the left side of this mountain has the shape of an Inca face	34 Manco Inca forced Pizarro's men to retreat when he showered them with boulders and arrows, and then water through previously prepared channels	35 house in Chinchero	36 cleaning wool
37 natural dyes	38 courtyard of colonial church in Chinchero; the church was built on Inca foundations

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