Sacsayhuaman
Cusco, Peru
Sacsayhuaman is the Inca stronghold on the hill above Cusco, famous for zigzag terrace walls of polished limestone…
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Fortresses & Citadels in Peru
Peru's fortresses are mountain strongholds built as much for ceremony as for war, and they show two traditions of Andean building: polished Inca blocks fitted without mortar and the towering walls of earlier peoples.
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Waqrapukara
Cusco, Peru
Waqrapukara is a remote fortress-sanctuary in Acomayo Province, south of Cusco, built around a rock outcrop with two…
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Kuelap
Chachapoyas, Peru
Kuelap is the walled mountain-top city of the Chachapoya people, set at about 3,000 metres above the Utcubamba Valley…
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Sacsayhuamán above Cusco has zigzag terraces of stones weighing well over 100 tonnes. Kuelap, in the northern cloud forest, is the walled Chachapoya city of more than 400 round houses, reached by cable car; Waqrapukara is a horn-shaped fortress-sanctuary above the Apurímac canyon, a long drive and hike from Cusco. All three sit high, Waqrapukara above 4,000 metres, so acclimatise first and go in the dry season, May to October.