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US Trips | Overseas Travel | Voyages Lima | Cuzco | Sacsayhuaman | Countryside | Urubamba Valley | Machu Picchu | Pisac | Quito | The Galapagos, Ecuador Sacred Sites | Sacred Sites | Animals Machu Picchu, Peru |
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On the north side of the Sacred Plaza is the Principal Temple |
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| View from rock quarry | Ruins on Huayna Picchu | Kallanka (great hall) | |||||
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The Intiwanta pyramid is the highest point in the urban area. Hiram Bingham named it "the place to which the sun was tied" in the Quechua language. |
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| Intiwanta view | Intiwanta platform with Huayna Picchu in the background | Intiwatana Stone | |||||
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If you look to the east from in front of the Sacred Rock on a clear day you can see how it echos the shape of Mount Yanantin. The actual purpose of the mortar stones is still a mystery. |
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| Granite Staircase | Eastern Urban Sector | Sacred Rock | Mortar Stone | ||||
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