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Ollantaytambo Ollantaytambo is a town in southern Peru, located in the district de Ollantaytambo, province de Urubamba, Cusco region. It is approximately 60 km to the northwest de the city de Cusco, situated at an altitude de 2792 meters above sea level. Ollantaytambo, which means something like "Storehouse de my Lord," is thought to be the only remaining example de pre-Columbian urban planning. The buildings and courtyards as well as the narrow lanes have their original form. The straight, narrow streets today form fifteen square blocks, or canchas, which contain one entrance to a central quadrangle which is surrounded by houses. A number de fine colonial houses are constructed on finely-worked Inca walls de dark pink rock. The original Inca settlement constituted an administrative, religious, agricultural and military complex. On a hillside overlooking the town is a monumental Incan complex, commonly referred to as a fortaleza (fortress) due to its extraordinary walls. It was in fact a tambo, or inn, and was strategically located to dominate the Sacred Valley de the Incas. It was here where Manco Inca retreated to in order to amass his armies after the fall de Cusco to the Spanish conquistadores. According to legend, as documented by Garcilaso de la Vega, the people were commanded by the Inca god Viracocha to build the city. |
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