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	World Mysteries - Mystic Places: Sacsayhuaman, Cusco, Coricancha, Muyuqmarka
		The belly of the puma was the main plaza, the river Tullumayo formed its spine, and the hill of Sacsayhuaman its head.
		One of the most imposing architectonic complexes inherited from the Incan Society is Sacsayhuaman, which because of several of its qualities is considered as one of the best monuments that mankind built on the earth's surface.
		Limestones are found in the surroundings of Sacsayhuaman but they are softer and can not be finely carved as the andesites of the main walls that were of the "Sedimentary or Imperial Incan" type.
	www.world-mysteries.com /mpl_9.htm (2623 words)

	Sacsayhuaman, Peru
		Sacsayhuaman is noted for its irregularly-shaped, gargantuan stone blocks, one of which weighs more than 300 tons.
		Another area of Sacsayhuaman was probably a mystery school, used for teaching secrets of the universe and initiating new students into the priesthood.
		Sacsayhuaman is located only 2 kilometers from Cusco, and the distance can be walked in about 45-minutes, although the climb is steep, and at an altitude of 3500 meters (more than 10,000 feet above sea level), it can be strenuous, so you're best to go by taxi or tourist bus.
	www.newagetravel.com /sacsay.shtml (485 words)

	Sacsayhuaman, The Royal House Of The Sun - Cusco´s Surroundings - Cusco Peru
		One of the greatest stone monuments in Inca architecture was Sacsayhuaman, the Royal House of The Sun.
		Sacsayhuaman was formed by stone blocks, cleverly placed together, which protected the city of Cusco.
		Sacsayhuaman is an archaeological site located north of the main plaza of Cusco, just a kilometer from the colonial parish of San Cristobal.
	www.cuscoonline.com /english/cuscossurroundings/index.shtml (715 words)

	Sacsayhuaman, Peru – Fortress of the Incas
		The walls of Sacsayhuaman were originally much taller, but the Spaniards stole a great portion of the stone to make their own dwellings and churches in the city of Cusco below.
		Sacsayhuaman forms the beast’s head, with the zig-zag walls either representing claws or teeth, depending on whom you talk to.
		One friend was walking among the walls in the moonlight (a popular time to visit Sacsayhuaman is during the full moon) when she felt an electric current pass through the air and witnessed images of Incas from times past, dancing in full regalia.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/JAN2003/Peru.htm (1856 words)

	Cusco Tourist Information: Places of Interest: Sacsayhuaman
		Sacsayhuaman is generally referred to as a fortress, and although it was used to attack the Spanish in Manco Inca’s rebellion, it is unlikely that this was its original, or main, function.
		The Inca army took the site of Sacsayhuaman and began to attack the city of Cusco and the Spanish inside, setting fire to the thatched roofs by raining down fiery stones on the city.
		After the Spanish captured Sacsayhuaman, the Incas retreated to the jungle and were all but defeated.
	www.perutourist.info /cusco_sacsayhuaman.html (943 words)

	Sacsayhuaman Panorama View. Cuzco, Inca Empire Capital. Antonio Gutierrez
		Somehow, in spite of the insurmountably hostile conditions, the architects of Sacsayhuaman managed to construct walls that are still so tight you can barely wedge a thin knife-blade between the blocks.
		Sacsayhuaman was used as a quarry beginning in 1537, under the pretext of preventing the Indians from taking it over and threatening the city.
		Three levels of zigzagging terrace walls to the south of the plain, finely made with huge cut and dressed stone boulders, present narrow access stairways which make the passage from one level to the next difficult for large groups of people.
	agutie.homestead.com /files/incas/cuzco_sacsayhuaman_panorama_view.htm (524 words)

	Spanish language school in Cusco, Peru - Sacsayhuaman
		If the city of Cuzco is considered to be in the shape of a puma, then the mighty fortress of Sacsayhuaman would be located at the head, and its sharply zig-zagged outer walls could represent the fierce teeth of the animal.
		Sacsayhuaman figured prominently during the Spanish Conquest, with a fierce battle taking place there between conquistadors and natives during the Great Rebellion of 1536.
		Modern-day Sacsayhuaman is a poor comparison, with only a portion of the defending outer walls and the foundations of the three main towers remaining.
	www.wiracochaschool.org /english/sacsayhuaman.asp (271 words)

	SACSAYHUAMAN - CUSCO - PERU - CUZCO - ARTICLES ON CUSCO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But the searchers of these times disagree with those statements and they affirm that Sacsayhuaman was not a fortress but on the contrary, a religious monument built to honor the Sun God.
		One thing they are sure about is that Sacsayhuaman was designed to create impact and respect among the poor mortals, and also to show the power of the Incas as it was explained by the Inca Garcilazo de la Vega in one of his stories about the prehispanic monument.
		In the moving years of the Colony, Sacsayhuaman was occupied by the rebel Inca Manco II during his fight against the Spaniards.
	cusco-peru.org /cusco-peru-related-articles-cusco-sacsayhuaman.shtml (907 words)

	Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman Photo Gallery
		It embraces 3,000 hectares approximately, where a rich Andean flora is found and with abundant fauna, highlighting the presence of llamas, kestrels and hawks.
		It also embraces the following extraordinary archaeological Incas monuments, as Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
		Sacsayhuaman ("satisfied hawk" in Quechua, the Inca language)
	www.go2peru.com /cuz_foto9.htm (98 words)

	CULTUREFOCUS: Peru photos. Pictures from Cuzco and Inca history.
		The city was built in the shape of a sacred Puma with the megalithic fortress of Sacsayhuaman at the head.
		The construction of sites like Sacsayhuaman is a remarkable achievement for a society that did not have the wheel or iron tools.
		In 1536, Sacsayhuaman became the scene of a bloody battle in which vastly outnumbered Spanish conquistadors defeated an Inca army and effectively crushed the Inca empire for ever.
	www.culturefocus.com /peru.htm (696 words)

	The Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Cusco, Peru
		Sacsayhuaman played an important part in the final defeat of the Inca Empire by the Spanish.
		Manco's troops took the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, overlooking the city, and used it as his base to attack the Spanish.
		The Inca ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Q'enko, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay are situated quite close by to Cusco and can easily be visited in half a day, either independently or part of an organized tour.
	www.andeantravelweb.com /peru/destinations/cusco/sacsayhuaman.html (1611 words)

	Exploring the Inca Heartland: Cuzco and Nearby Sites
		The empire's political and religious center, Cuzco was conceived of as a puma, with Sacsayhuaman, the enormous temple-storehouse-citadel above the city, as its head and the city proper its body.
		On the heights overlooking Cuzco to the north are the remains of Sacsayhuaman, known throughout the world for the triple line of massive zigzag stone walls.
		The chronicler Cieza de Léon referred to Sacsayhuaman as the Storehouse of the Sun, indicating a religious function though its role as a fortress is better known from Manco's rebellion when Inca forces occupied it and laid siege to the Spanish in the city below.
	www.archaeology.org /online/features/peru/cuzco.html (1347 words)

	Sacsayhuaman - Cusco Peru Travel Guide, Cusco Peru Tours
		The masterpiece created by the Inkas to show to the wrold their power and elegance, which by its luxure and abbundance of beauty pressumes the great skills of the Inkas.
		It is located on the north part of the city, and it was all made out of stone.
		Sacsayhuaman was the "House of the Sun" it was not a fortress, like spanish thought once they saw such a construction.
	www.gocuscoperu.com /english/sacsayhuaman.asp (471 words)

	Ancient Inca Tunnels found under Cusco, Peru . . .
		A tunnel measuring 2 km in length, linking the Koricancha temple with the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, located on the outskirts of the Peruvian city of Cuzco, was discovered by Spanish archaeologist Anselm Pi Rambla, in the ancient Inca capital.
		Access to a tunnel at the Sacsayhuaman Fortress was already known, but it was condemned in 1923 to avoid the disappearances of curiosity seekers who entered it, since its trajectory was unknown.
		The terraced pyramid at Sacsayhuaman is made of cyclopean polygonal masonry constructs over 1000 feet long, the largest block weighing 360 tons at a height of over 27 feet.
	www.labyrinthina.com /sacsayhuaman.htm (790 words)

	Sacsayhuaman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		egalithic stone-work at Sacsayhuaman, in the Peruvian Andes
		Garcilaso, Inca chronicler of mixed blood, gives us his precious testimonial on the nature of Sacsayhuaman - which - accordingly to him - was The House of the Sun, "both its arsenal and its Temple".
		The fact that the Incas took refuge inside the complex in their last stand against the Spaniards, and the massive proportions and layout of Sacsayhuaman induced many to believe - erroneously - that this was merely a fortress.
	www.ayahuasca-shamanism.co.uk /Sacsayhuaman-2.htm (870 words)

	High Plains Backpacker: Flying Kites Along the Ramparts
		Cusco itself served as the puma's body while the fortress of Sacsayhuaman formed the lion's head, its neck a stone highway leading down to the center of town.
		Even though the Spanish dismantled the majority of the fort in order to use the stones for new construction in town, the remains of Sacsayhuaman are still a magnificent testament to Inca engineering and ingenuity.
		It's hard to comprehend what Sacsayhuaman would have looked like in its prime 500 years ago: three great towers once stood over the 22 ramparts while as many as 5000 Quechua warriors called the citadel home.
	www.edwebproject.org /altiplano/cusco2.html (2980 words)

	Cuzco, Qenko, Sacsayhuaman
		While in Cuzco, we visited the Inca ruins at Qenko and Sacsayhuaman, both of which are within walking distance of Cuzco.
		We thought these smaller ruins would be a anti-climax after visiting the grander sites at Machu Picchu and Choquequirao, but we were pleasantly proven wrong.
		This site is unusual in that it has a cave with altars carved from the rock.
	www-cs-students.stanford.edu /~eujin/pics/peru/cuzco (396 words)

	Sacsayhuaman
		Here is a mystery: the chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega was born around 1530, and raised in the shadow of these walls.
		Or is Sacsayhuaman much older than we've been led to believe?.
		Perhaps the upper part of the walls, constructed of small, regularly-shaped stones was the only part of Sacsayhuaman that was built by the Incas and "finished in 1508".
	www.ea3cwkworld.com /Galeries/Peru/Sacsayhuaman/index3_SACSAYHUAMAN.htm (957 words)

	NOVICA - Mahogany moceÃ±o flute, 'Sacsayhuaman'
		Dionisio Quilla carefully selects the hollow reed according to the tone he desires, boring the holes and adding synthetic ornamental cords.
		Its name Sacsayhuaman is from the Quecha language.
		It refers to an Inca fort built of stone; the Inti Raymi, or "Festival of the Sun" was held in such structures.
	www.novica.com /itemdetail/index.cfm?pID=70672 (234 words)

	Sacsayhuaman
		There are several Inca sites within walking distance of the central plaza, but Sacsayhuaman is the closest and most extensive.
		In fact, when viewed from afar, the whole Sacsayhuaman site resembles the jaguar's head while adjoining sites make up the rest of the body.
		There are also tunnels throughout this and the adjoining sites in which (again according to our guide) there have been more than one mysterious disappearance.
	www.jonbales.com /IncaTrail/Cuzco/Sacsay/Sacsay.htm (679 words)

	Sacsayhuaman \| Photo
		Today we visited Sacsayhuaman, the mightiest fortress of the Inca.
		HAving besieged Cusco and its force of some 190 spaniards with a mere 100-200,000 warriors Manco had setabout burning the place, forcing the Spanishout of outlying regions and generally causing havoc.
		The headquarters of the Inca forces were in Sacsayhuaman, so the Spanish attacked it with 50 horsemen and a load [View Full Entry]
	www.travelblog.org /Photos/111977.html (143 words)

	TrekEarth \| Un nen a Sacsayhuaman Photo
		Un nen passeja per la fortalesa de Sacsayhuaman amb la seva llama esperant per fer-se fotos amb els turistes que es trobi.
		One kid is walking in Sacsayhuaman fort, waiting for the tourists coins.
		They normaly went with a llama, to increase the posibility to get a photo.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/South_America/Peru/photo30907.htm (200 words)

	Picture of Sacsayhuaman, Cusco, Peru
		Sacsayhuaman is the most significant ruin in the Cusco area and is also the closest to the city.
		It is possible to walk or drive to the site which is just outside the city on the road to Pisac....
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	www.planetware.com /picture/cusco/sacsayhuaman-per-per224.htm (70 words)

	INKA ARCHITECTURE
		In the case of the Sacsayhuaman fortress above Cusco, cyclopean walls contain individual blocks estimated to weigh over 100 tons.
		Clearly there could be no repeated trial-and-error fitting of such monster stones; they had to get it right the first time.
		Vincent R. Lee's scribing and coping theory of stonecutting is presented in detail in his article "The Building of the Sacsayhuaman", which was published in 1990, vol.
	www.rutahsa.com /incaarch.html (3648 words)

	Cusco Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Sacsayhuaman (satisfied falcon) was a citadel near Cusco, used as a store and sanctuary.
		Sacsayhuaman ("halcón satisfecho") era una ciudadela cercana a Cusco, utilizada como almacén de víveres y armas, y como santuario.
		This is a multi-purpose ticket that lets you in several inca places around Cuzco: - Sacsayhuaman - Pikillacta - Tipon - Ollantaytambo - Pisac - Chinchero...
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/South_America/Peru/Departamento_de_Cusco/Cusco-1609235/Things_To_Do-Cusco-BR-10.html (933 words)

	Peru & Machu Picchu 8 Day Escorted Tour
		The morning mist clears and the mystical city of Machu Picchu slowly emerges from night shadows, and you are among the privileged few to enjoy this amazing scene in the quiet hours before the throngs of visitors begin to arrive.
		See the wonders of modern-day Lima and the ancient city of Cuzco, and visit the fortress ruins at Sacsayhuaman and Pisac on this exceptional program of exploration.
		With your guide, journey into the "Valley of the Incas" to the Sacsayhuaman fortress.
	www.accesstravel.com /vacations/tours/peru.htm (922 words)

	ESCORTED TOURS
		Continue to the surrounding ruins: the fortress of Sacsayhuaman overlooking the city, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay ruins.
		The excursion ends at the bohemian district of San Blas, house to the most famous craftsmen of Cusco.
		Participate of the impressive festival of the Inti Raymi at the Sacsayhuaman fortress and experience by yourself this ritual celebrated since Inca times.
	www.inka-trail.com /escorted_tours_peru/inti-raymi2006.htm (350 words)

	SACSAYHUAMAN - CUSCO - PERU - CUZCO - SURROUNDINGS IN CUSCO
		SACSAYHUAMAN - CUSCO - PERU - CUZCO - SURROUNDINGS IN CUSCO
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	www.cusco-peru.org /cusco-surroundings-cusco-sacsayhuaman.shtml (2154 words)

	PERU TOURS - PERU HOLIDAYS - INCA TOURS - MACCHU PICCHU TOURS- INCA TRAIL - INKA TRAIL - NAZCA LINES - PERU INFO - MANU ...
		This tour offers you: see the spectacular Condors flying in the Colca Canyon, Cusco, Sacsayhuaman, with its massive walls, the lost city - Macchu Picchu, the highest navigable Lake in the world and much more.....
		This tour includes: Sacsayhuaman, with its massive walls, Qenko, site of carved living rock, Puca Pucara, an Inca lodging Site, Tambo Machay, known as the Baths of the Inca, Ollantaytambo a massive citadel that served as both a temple and a fortress, culminating with Macchu Picchu.
		This tour offers you: see Pre-Incas ruins at Pachacamac, Mysterious Nasca Lines, Cusco, Sacsayhuaman, with its massive walls and the lost city - Macchu Picchu.
	www.inca-tours.com (277 words)

	Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman Photo Gallery - iLatinTravel.com
		Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman Photo Gallery - iLatinTravel.com
		It also embraces the following extraordinary archaeological Incas monuments, as Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Puacara and Tambomachay.
		Each thumbnail photo is a link to a larger version of the same photograph
	www.ilatintravel.com /cuz_foto9.htm (112 words)

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