South American Pictures Inca Ollantaytambo photo collection page 1

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Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo is the best preserved of all Inca settlements where people have lived continuously for 600 years or more.


The recent village and the terraces below the sun temple	Terraces and the valley of Patakancha	The sun temple - six monoliths	19th century engraving

Looking down to the Patakancha valley	Terraces below the sun temple	Terraces below the sun temple	Terraces below the sun temple

Terraces below the sun temple	Terraces below the sun temple	A trapezoidal stone doorway	The sun temple - six monoliths

Inca stonework	Finely shaped stones	A carving on the sun temple	Fortifications

Fortifications	The House of ñustas	The House of ñustas	A recent thatching of an Inca building

Ollantay a local chief	The recent village	The Inca origins of the village	The Inca origins of the village

Trapezoidal stone doorway in the village	Trapezoidal stone doorway in the village

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