Ollantaytambo terraces

Ollantaytambo is a town in southern Peru, located in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. It is approximately 60 km to the northwest of the city of Cusco, situated at an altitude of 2792 meters above sea level. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1680x1174, 1291 KB) Terraces of the Incan city Ollantaytambo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1680x1174, 1291 KB) Terraces of the Incan city Ollantaytambo. ... Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. ... See other Peruvian regions President Carlos R. Cuaresma Capital Cusco Area 71,986. ... This article is the city in Peru. ...

The city of Ollantaytambo is best known for its ruins, and for the spot where the Inca emperor Manco Inca was able to defeat the Spanish in a set-piece battle. The finely cut rocks and plantation terraces were very large obstacles for the Conquistadors to surpass, and the fortress was also used by Manco to conduct successful attacks on Francisco Pizarro and other Conquistadors who were based in Lima. Capital Cusco 1197-1533 Vilcabamba 1533-1572 Language(s) Quechua, Aymara, Jaqi family, Mochic and scores of smaller languages. ... Manco Inca Yupanqui (b. ... A Conquistador (Spanish: []) (English: Conqueror) was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer who took part in the gradual invasion and conquering of much of the Americas and Asia Pacific, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. ... “Pizarro” redirects here. ... A Conquistador (Spanish: []) (English: Conqueror) was a Spanish soldier, explorer and adventurer who took part in the gradual invasion and conquering of much of the Americas and Asia Pacific, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. ... For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation). ...

Further reading

• Protzen, Jean-Pierre. Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo (1993). ISBN 0-19-507069-0

External links

• Ollantaytambo travel guide from Wikitravel
• from a festival in Ollantaytambo involving local indigenous people
• Ollantaytambo - important ancient town close to the start of the Inca Trail

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