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Boundary of the Agricultural Zone with the Urban Zone.
After the stairs there is an Inca Wall, the district of popular residences and warehouses and just below, to the right (without connection) the Temple of the Sun, Inca mausoleum and the Princess Room.
In the background, in the middle, the Main Square.
Se accede a él por una portada de doble jamba, que permanecía cerrada (hay restos de un mecanismo de seguridad). La edificación principal es conocida como «Torreón», de bloques finamente labrados. Fue usado para ceremonias relacionadas con el solsticio de junio. Una de sus ventanas muestra huellas de haber tenido ornamentos incrustados que fueron arrancados en algún momento de la historia de Machu Picchu, destruyendo parte de su estructura. Además, hay huellas de un gran incendio en el lugar. El Torreón está construido sobre una gran roca debajo de la cual hay una pequeña cueva que ha sido forrada completamente con mampostería fina. Se cree que fue un mausoleo y que en sus grandes hornacinas reposaban momias. Incluso se especula que hay indicios para afirmar que pudo ser el mausoleo de Pachacútec y que su momia estuvo aquí hasta poco después de la irrupción española en Cuzco.
It is accessed through a double jamb doorway, which remained closed (there are remains of a security mechanism). The main building is known as the “Torreón”, made of finely carved blocks. It was used for ceremonies related to the June solstice. One of its windows shows traces of having had embedded ornaments that were torn off at some point in the history of Machu Picchu, destroying part of its structure. In addition, there are traces of a large fire in the area. The Keep is built on a large rock beneath which is a small cave that has been completely lined with fine masonry. It is believed that it was a mausoleum and that mummies rested in its large niches. It is even speculated that there are indications that it could be the mausoleum of Pachacutec and that his mummy was here until shortly after the Spanish invasion of Cusco.
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El templo del sol se ubica a 80 km al noreste de la ciudad del Cusco y a 40 km de Machu Picchu, en el distrito de Ollantaytambo, Perú, a una altitud de 2.792 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Este templo fue construido a mediados del siglo xv, durante el reinado del primer gobernante histórico inca, Pachacuti Yupanqui (1438-1471).
The temple of the sun is located 80 km northeast of the city of Cusco and 40 km from Machu Picchu, in the district of Ollantaytambo, Peru, at an altitude of 2,792 meters above sea level.
This temple was built in the mid-15th century, during the reign of the first historical Inca ruler, Pachacuti Yupanqui (1438-1471).
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En Machu Pichu, bajo el Templo del Sol, se encuentra esta pequeña cueva conocida con el nombre de Tumba Real o Mausoleo Real. Se trata de un enorme bloque de piedra inclinado para soportar parte de la estructura pétrea del Templo del Sol.
Fue el lugar donde se rendía culto y se habrían dado ofrendas a los ancestros del Inca o altos dignatarios del Imperio cuyas momias permanecían allí.
Se accede a él por una portada de doble jamba, que permanecía cerrada (hay restos de un mecanismo de seguridad). La edificación principal es conocida como «Torreón», de bloques finamente labrados. Fue usado para ceremonias relacionadas con el solsticio de junio. Una de sus ventanas muestra huellas de haber tenido ornamentos incrustados que fueron arrancados en algún momento de la historia de Machu Picchu, destruyendo parte de su estructura. Además, hay huellas de un gran incendio en el lugar. El Torreón está construido sobre una gran roca debajo de la cual hay una pequeña cueva que ha sido forrada completamente con mampostería fina. Se cree que fue un mausoleo y que en sus grandes hornacinas reposaban momias. Incluso se especula que hay indicios para afirmar que pudo ser el mausoleo de Pachacútec y que su momia estuvo aquí hasta poco después de la irrupción española en Cuzco.
It is accessed through a double jamb doorway, which remained closed (there are remains of a security mechanism). The main building is known as the “Torreón”, made of finely carved blocks. It was used for ceremonies related to the June solstice. One of its windows shows traces of having had embedded ornaments that were torn off at some point in the history of Machu Picchu, destroying part of its structure. In addition, there are traces of a large fire in the area. The Keep is built on a large rock beneath which is a small cave that has been completely lined with fine masonry. It is believed that it was a mausoleum and that mummies rested in its large niches. It is even speculated that there are indications that it could be the mausoleum of Pachacutec and that his mummy was here until shortly after the Spanish invasion of Cusco.
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L'église Santo Domingo de Cuzco est bâtie sur les vestiges du fantastique temple du soleil, Qoricancha en langue Quéchua.
Ce temple était le plus sacré de l'empire Inca,il s'y déroulait des mariages ,des sacres et aussi des funérailles.
Son enceinte était entièrement couverte d'or et il fut, bien sur, à l'arrivée des Espagnols, entièrement rasé.
De ce centre, rayonnait le système des Ceques, un système de division de l'Empire Inca en quatre sections appelées Suyus.
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The church Santo Domingo of Cusco is built on the vestiges of the fantastic temple of the sun, Qoricancha in language(tongue) Quéchua.
This temple was the most crowned by the Inca Empire, it took place marriages, coronations and also burial there.
,Its surrounding wall was completely covered with gold and he(it) was, well on upon the arrival of the Spaniards, completely shaved.
Of this center, shone the system of Ceques, the system of division of Inca Empire in four sections called Suyus..
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La iglesia Santo Domingo de Cuzco es edificado los vestigios del templo fantástico del sol, Qoricancha en lengua Quéchua.
Este templo fue el más consagrado(coronado) por el imperio Inca, se celebraba allí sus matrimonios, coronaciones y también funerales.
Su recinto fue totalmente cubierto de oro y fue, bien sobre para la llegada de españoles, totalmente afeitado.
De este centro, irradiaba el sistema de Ceques, el sistema de división del Imperio Inca en cuatro secciones llamadas Suyus.
Les ruines du Palais Pilkokaina construit sur une terrasse surplombant le lac Titicaca.
Pilkokaina (ou Pilcocaina) veut dire en quechua "Site où se repose l'oiseau", l'oiseau symbolisant l'Inca. Les murs du palais possèdent des niches trapezoïdales qui recevaient les wakas, les figures sacrées. Les portes s'ouvrent à l'est en direction du soleil levant. Le palais était un lieu de repos des pèlerins qui se rendaient sur l'île du Soleil pour rendre hommage au dieu Soleil.
La Isla del Sol est la plus grande île du lac Titicaca, elle mesure 9,6 km de long sur 4,6 km de large. Le point culminant de l'île du soleil se nomme la colline Chequesan qui a une altitude de 4 070 mètres, dépassant de 260 mètres le niveau du lac.
D'après diapositive.
Six blocs de porphyres roses parfaitement assemblés forment un réceptacle qui capte les premiers rayons du soleil.Ce serait pour les archéologues les vestiges du temple du soleil.
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Six blocks of porphyres perfectly assembled pink train(form) a receptacle which gets the first beams(shelves) of the sun. It would be for the archaeologists the vestiges of the temple of the sun.
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Seis bloques de porphyres rosas perfectamente ensamblados(reunidos) forman un receptáculo que capta los primeros rayos(secciones) del sol. Esto sería para los arqueólogos los vestigios del templo del sol.
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Ollantaytambo est une magnifique forteresse Inca nichée à 2800 mètres d'altitude au-dessus du village du même nom. Ce joli village Inca, parfaitement conservé, possède de jolies rues pavées et des porches en pierre impressionnants.
Ollantaytambo signifie l'auberge d'Ollantay, du nom d'un conte oral Inca narrant une histoire d'amour impossible entre la fille d'un roi et un général des armées Inca.
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Ollantaytambo is a magnificent Inca fortress nested in 2800 meters in height over the village of the same name. This attractive inca, perfectly kept village, possesses attractive paved streets and impressive stone halls. Ollantaytambo means the inn of Ollantay, the name of an Inca oral tale telling an impossible love story between the girl of king and Inca general of the armies.
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Ollantaytambo es una fortaleza magnífica Y inca anidada a 2800 metros de altitud por encima del pueblo del mismo nombre. Este hermoso pueblo inca y perfectamente conservado, posee hermosas calles soladas y porches(portales) de piedra impresionantes. Ollantaytambo significa el hostal de Ollantay, del nombre de un cuento oral Inca que narra una historia de amor imposible entre la chica de un rey y un general Inca de los ejércitos.
The round mountain flanked by the Urubamba River, Phutuq K'usi is hard to miss from Machu Picchu. It is possible to climb it, though Wikipedia suggests as of 2016 it is now closed due to unsafe trail conditions. Here is the view from the mountain to Machu Picchu.
The neat structure visible in the ruins at the bottom of the photo is the Temple of the Sun. A lower view of it can be found here.
Vista del Valle Sagrado de los Incas desde el Templo del Sol de Ollantaytambo.
View of the Sacred Valley of the Incas from the Temple of the Sun of Ollantaytambo.
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I just have to tell you this story..
We were walking in the calzada de los muertos ( Street of the death ) and there was this vendor with all the usual stuff (juwelery, Obsidiaan knives and flutes) who accepted credit card!
What is wrong with this world?! Can you desecrate a historical place even more?
For me this is the end of romance.
The aztecs are no longer.
Hurin Sector (downtown), Urban Area.
The Temple of the Sun is accessible by a double door, which remained closed (remains of a security mechanism. The main building is known as
'Torreón', of finely carved blocks. It was used for ceremonies related to the summer solstice. One of its windows shows signs of inlaid ornaments that were uprooted at some point in the history of Machu Picchu, destroying part of its structure. It also shows signs of a big fire in the place. The Torreón is built on a large rock under which there is a small pit that was completely lined with fine mortar. It is assumed that it was a mausoleum and that there were mummies inside. Lumbreras also speculates that there is evidence to say that it could be Pachacutec's mausoleum and that his mummy was there until shortly after the Spanish arrived in Cusco.
The only round construction of Machu Picchu, it has two windows aligned with the points where the sun rises on the two solstices. Snake window. This window inside the temple was used to introduce snakes.
In the light of the rising sun the winter solstice hits the center of the stone perfectly. Like a mirror and is an astronomical warning. Spectacular. Solar observatory.
Templo del Sol, at the top.
Hurin Sector (downtown), Urban Area.
Natural cave carved under the Temple of the Sun. Mausoleum of royalty where the mummies of the Incas were kept. Architecture suits nature.
The Coricancha, which translates to "golden enclosure" was the most sacred temple in ancient Cuzco. It was considered the center of the Inca Empire, or Tawantinsuyo, and was the central point that divided the empire into its four realms.
The Coricancha consisted of many rooms, including temples to the Sun and the Moon. The Coricancha housed the mummified remains of previous Inca rulers. The mummies were brought out to preside over ceremonial occasions like Intiraymi.
The outer walls of the temple were covered in gold plates and a large garden consisting of life sized llamas and corn stalks was made of gold. The golden image of the Sun and a large chain made of gold were also housed here. Most of the gold was taken by the Spanish, melted down, and sent back to Spain.
The Dominican Order took the site over shortly after the conquest and built the Dominican Monastery on the site. In 1950 an earthquake damaged the monastery and exposed the original Inca wall that is visible from the Avenida del Sol.
Pasear por Machu Picchu ha sido una de las experiencias más emocionantes que he tenido la suerte de vivir....
Levantado por los españoles sobre el Koricancha, el mayor adoratorio al dios Sol en la ciudad de Cusco. Conserva aún gran parte de las murallas originales del templo inca, calificadas como perfectas y que se alcanzan a ver a la izquierda.
Cusco, Perú.
L'église Santo Domingo de Cuzco est bâtie sur les vestiges du fantastique temple du soleil, Qoricancha en langue Quéchua.
Ce temple était le plus sacré de l'empire Inca,il s'y déroulait des mariages ,des sacres et aussi des funérailles.
Son enceinte était entièrement couverte d'or et il fut, bien sur à l'arrivée des Espagnols, entièrement rasé.
De ce centre, rayonnait le système des Ceques, un système de division de l'Empire Inca en quatre sections appelées Suyus.
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The church Santo Domingo of Cusco is built on the vestiges of the fantastic temple of the sun, Qoricancha in language(tongue) Quéchua.
This temple was the most crowned by the Inca Empire, it took place marriages, coronations and also burial there.
,Its surrounding wall was completely covered with gold and he(it) was, well on upon the arrival of the Spaniards, completely shaved.
Of this center, shone the system of Ceques, the system of division of Inca Empire in four sections called Suyus..
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La iglesia Santo Domingo de Cuzco es edificado los vestigios del templo fantástico del sol, Qoricancha en lengua Quéchua.
Este templo fue el más consagrado(coronado) por el imperio Inca, se celebraba allí sus matrimonios, coronaciones y también funerales.
Su recinto fue totalmente cubierto de oro y fue, bien sobre para la llegada de españoles, totalmente afeitado.
De este centro, irradiaba el sistema de Ceques, el sistema de división del Imperio Inca en cuatro secciones llamadas Suyus.
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Captain Haddock marches through the streets of Callao, Peru, in search of his friend Profesor Tornasol, in “El Templo del Sol”.
En la imagen la pirámide del sol, la avenida de los muertos y algunas pirámides más pequeñas, tomada desde la pirámide de la luna. Teotihuacán 31-Mayo-2008, México DF
Palenque, Templo del Sol
Palenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date back to 226 BC to around 799 AD. After its decline, it was absorbed into the jungle, but has been excavated and restored. It is located near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 150 m above sea level.
Palenque is a medium-sized site, but it contains some of the finest architecture, sculpture, roof comb and bas-relief carvings that the Mayas produced. Much of the history of Palenque has been reconstructed from reading the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the many monuments; historians now have a long sequence of the ruling dynasty of Palenque in the 5th century and extensive knowledge of the city-state's rivalry with other states such as Calakmul and Toniná. The most famous ruler of Palenque was Pacal the Great whose tomb has been found and excavated in the Temple of the Inscriptions.
By 2005, the discovered area covered up to 2.5 km², but it is estimated that less than 10% of the total area of the city is explored, leaving more than a thousand structures still covered by jungle.
The Temple of the Cross, Temple of the Sun, and Temple of the Foliated Cross are a set of graceful temples atop step pyramids, each with an elaborately carved relief in the inner chamber depicting two figures presenting ritual objects and effigies to a central icon. Earlier interpretations had argued that the smaller figure was that of K'inich Janaab' Pakal while the larger figure was K'inich Kan B'ahlam. However, it is now known based on a better understanding of the iconography and epigraphy that the central tablet depicts two images of Kan B'ahlam. The smaller figure shows K'inich Kan B'ahlam during a rite of passage ritual at the age of six (9.10.8.9.3 9 Akbal 6 Xul) while the larger is of his accession to kingship at the age of 48. These temples were named by early explorers; the cross-like images in two of the reliefs actually depict the tree of creation at the center of the world in Maya mythology.
(source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenque)
Believed to be a spot where the Inca worshiped Inti, the Sun God, the temple features the usual exquisite stonework associated with buildings of high importance.
A shot of the temple from above can be seen here
More info about the temple can be found here:
The pre-Columbian monumental site of Pachacamac covers an area of almost 600 hectares (1500 acres); it is located on the Pacific coast at the edge of the valley of the Lurín river, about 40 km southeast of Lima. Most of the common buildings and temples were built 800-1450. Archaeologists have identified at least 17 pyramids on the site. Several have been uncovered, but most are lost. It is considered to be one of the most important ancient settlements of the Central Andes.
The Sun Temple (Templo del Sol) was built by the Inca culture between 1470 and 1533. It is a trapezoidal building made of terraces and platforms of adobes. The principal side of the temple faces the Pacific and has a number of niches that possibly served to deposit offerings. On top of the temple, there was an open space surrounded by smaller structures.
Templo del Sol - El Torreón
( vista desde escalinata de las fuentes un poco por debajo de la fuente )
los tres estilos de la arquitectura inca
destacar aquí especialmente
la importancia de los edificios
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Conjunto 2
Templo del Sol
Se accede a él por una portada de doble jamba, que permanecía cerrada ( hay restos de un mecanismo de seguridad ). La edificación principal es conocida como El Torreón, de bloques finamente labrados. Fue usado para ceremonias relacionadas con el solsticio de junio. Una de sus ventanas muestra huellas de haber tenido ornamentos incrustados que fueron arrancados en algún momento de la historia de Machu Picchu, destruyendo parte de su estructura. Además hay huellas de un gran incendio en el lugar.
El Torreón
está construido sobre una gran roca debajo de la cual hay una pequeña cueva que ha sido forrada completamente con mampostería fina. Se cree que fue un mausoleo y que en sus grandes hornacinas reposaban momias. Lumbreras incluso especula que hay indicios para afirmar que pudo ser el mausoleo de Pachacutec y que su momia estuvo aquí hasta poco después de la irrupción española en Cuzco.
Escalinata de las fuentes
Es un conjunto formado por una gran escalera junto a la cual corre un sistema de 16 caídas artificiales de agua, la mayoría de las cuales está cuidadosamente tallada en bloques poligonales y rodeada de canaletas labradas en la roca. El agua proviene de un manantial en las alturas del Cerro Machu Picchu que fue canalizado en tiempos incas. Un sistema adicional en lo alto de la montaña recoge filtraciones de la lluvia de la montaña y las deriva al canal principal
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The Torreón (tower) is popularly called the Temple of the Sun. The shaped stone enclosed within the Torreón is reported to receive a ray of sun light through the east facing window during the June solstice. However, the Torreón and its associated structures are aligned 350-170 degrees focusing on Huayna and Machu Picchu Mountains. The shaped stone and the architectural alignment suggest that mountain worship may have been a primary ceremonial function. This is the only building with curved walls in Machu Picchu.
Milky Way in Inca Astrology.
The deities venerated in Qorikancha wre personifified celestial bodies and meterological phenomena. In order to understand these beliefs, it is necessary to make reference to Inca astronomy, which is known to us through some brief mentions in colonial chronicles and through the folk astronomy of Quechua communities of today.
The painting by the Cusco artist Miguel Araoz Cartagena shows the Milky Way over Cusco, in the months of July and August, when the sky is clear and most of the astronomical phenomena venerated by the Incas can be easily observed.
In the Andes, the Milky Way is called "mayu" (celestial river). Unlike the Western constellations composed of groups of stars, the Andean culture distinguishes dark spots against the light background of the Milky Way and identifies them with silhouettes of animals that have come to drink its waters and darken its shining with their shadows. These spots are called "yana phuyu" (black clouds). On the right hand side of the painting Machaguay, or the big water serpent, appears. In the centre, two small figures of Yutu (partridge) and Hamp'atu (toad) can be seen. They are followed by the female llama with two shining eyes corresponding to the stars Alpha and Beta Centauri. Underneath in the upside-down position is her cub, the baby llama. The llamas are chased by the fox (Atoq) with red eyes. In some communities, a figure of the shepherd, with his arms extended towards the llamas, is seen in place of the fox. His legs conincide with the rear paws of the fox.
The chronicle of Polo de Ondegardo, dating to 1585, reads: "...They adore two other [stars]... called Catuchillay y Urcuchillay, that pretend to be a a sheep [llama] with a lamb... They also adore another star, Machacuay, which is in charge of all the Serpents and Snakes, so that they do not do them any evil, and in general they [they Incas], believed that all the animals and birds had their likeness in the sky, whose responsibility was their procreation and augmentation". Possibly, when speaking about "stars", Polo de Ondegardo referred to "yana phuyu", a concept which is totally strange to Western astronomy and thus could not be fully understood by the author of the chronicle.
The prominent building with the rounded outside wall is the Torreón (tower) which is popularly called the Temple of the Sun. The shaped stone enclosed within the Torreón is reported to receive a ray of sun light through the east facing window during the June solstice. However, the Torreón and its associated structures are aligned 350-170 degrees focusing on Huayna and Machu Picchu Mountains. The shaped stone and the architectural alignment suggest that mountain worship may have been a primary ceremonial function. This is the only building with curved walls in Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu is a famous and iconic Inca city, situated on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes high above the Urubamba Valley at a 2430 m. Work began on Machu Picchu around 1430. It was abandoned in the 1530s as the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire--even though the Spanish never discovered this city which explains why this site is well-preserved. The city probably was abandoned before it was completed. It was rediscovered only in 1911.