The thing in the middle might have been for grain storage
only to be pushed around by a Japanese television crew.
A ruin in the Valley of the Incas, it was most likely a religious site. Manco Inca used it as a fort, and was defeated here by Pizarro. There's an apocryphal story of an Inca princess who fell in love with a Spanish general (Ollanta and Tambo), but I wouldn't bet on it.
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A bit of an ascent |
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Magnificent mountains in the background |
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The mountain opposite
The thing in the middle might have been for grain storage |
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We made it up to the top
only to be pushed around by a Japanese television crew. |
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At the base |