Last refuge of the Inca Empire, Vilcabamba was founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and fell to the Spaniards in 1572, signalling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule. The city was burned and the area swiftly became a remote backwater of Peru. The location of Vilcabamba was forgotten. The ruins of the city were rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1909 in a remote forest site 130km west of Cuzco called Espiritu Pampa, but he failed to realize its significance, preferring to believe that Machu Picchu, which he also rediscovered, was the fabled 'Lost City of the Incas'. It wasn't until the 1980's, after archeological work by Gene Savoy and Vincent Lee and research by John Hemming, that Espiritu Pampa was generally accepted as the historical Vilcabamba. This article is in need of attention. ... The last Inca Emperor was named Manco Inca Yupanqui, also known as Manco Capac II. Born in 1516, he was one of the sons of Huayna Capac, and was crowned after the death of his brother Tupac Huallpa in 1534 by Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador. ... Hiram Bingham III, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, served as Governor of Connecticut and United States Senator. ... View of Machu Picchu Machu Picchu (literally means old peak; sometimes called the Lost City of the Incas) is a well-preserved pre-Columbian town located on a high mountain ridge, at an elevation of about 6,750 feet (2,057 m) above the Urubamba Valley in modern-day Peru. ...
Vilcabamba is also a town in the province of Loja, Ecuador.
Vilcabamba is located in the southernmost province of Ecuador in Loja City 42 kms (27 miles) south of the city of Loja.
The lower Vilcabamba is a quilted patchwork of corn and sugar cane fields, fruit orchards and cattle pastures.
Vilcabamba Valley is known as the "Valley of Longevity", due to the long life span enjoyed by the locals, their longevity attributed to low index of heart disease, a stable climate, and the special properties of the valley's hot springs.
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