![]() ![]() They were later given in marriage to distinguished men (sometimes as secondary wives of the emperor himself) while the most 'perfect' were selected as human sacrifices. Their training lasted 4 years, and then they became priestesses. They were chosen when they were aged around 10. The city, which covers an area of nearly 80 ha, was an important trading centre and was renowned from the Middle Ages onwards. The Virgins of the Sun (or Aclla Cuna) were women who lived in Inca temple convents under a vow of chastity and had a number of ritual duties. The ruins of Great Zimbabwe the capital of the Queen of Sheba, according to an age-old legend are a unique testimony to the Bantu civilization of the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries. As it turns out, Mauch's description of the wood aptly characterizes the African sandalwood, a local hardwood. So it transformed from housing the Virgins of the Sun to the Catholic nuns. Mauch was looking at the greatest pre-Portuguese ruins of sub-Saharan Africa. After the takeover by the Spanish, they built the closed convent of Santa Catalina there. It is the most stunning and spectacular of the Inca walls and belonged to the Acllahusai (or 'House of the Chosen Women'). To the left is the oldest Inca wall found today in Cusco. It was the site of the Inca palace of Huayna Capac (naturally, later, the Spanish built a church there). The name is from snakes etched on the lintel of the doorway. On the right hand is the Amarucancha (or 'Courtyard of the Serpents'). ![]() Go to Cusco and walk southeast from the Plaza de Armas along the alley of Loreto, and visitors will see the Inca walls on both sides. What To Know About Cusco's Amarucancha & Acllahusai Inca Walls - Formerly An Inca Palace & Convent The Spanish incorporated many of the walls into their colonial structures. The site of Choquequirao was also an alpine treat for the Inca elite and it is three times larger than Machu Picchu.Ĭuzco fell to the Spanish, and the remnants of the Inca Empire fled into the mountains and founded the new 'lost' city of Vilcabamba. Other great places to discover Inca engineering are Sacsayhuaman and Ollantaytambo. The Inca roads were unrivaled anywhere in the Western Hemisphere and are still used as hiking trails in places today. The Inca are known to have used the topography and existing materials of the land in their works.īesides Machu Picchu, one of the best places to discover excellent examples of Inca engineering is the ancient capital of Cuzco in Peru. The Incas inherited the architectural legacy from the forerunner Tiwanaku (in modern-day Bolivia). Older civilizations include the ancient city of Chan Chan in the Peruvian desert and Chavin de Huantar - a lost city of the Andean mountains long before the Inca. The Incas did not develop out of a vacuum there are plenty of other older civilizations in and around the Andes Mountains and the coastal plains of Peru. Walls of Sacsayhuaman, Inca ruins in Cusco The Incas Were Master Engineers & Architects
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