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CUZCO: THE HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL
CITY OF PERU
that it was esrtamly the oTiginal work of devils themselves. There
are •boulders of such height and in one so'lid pieoo to maka. it
appear as though they were thrust out of the earth an·d placed
by Cyclops for the defen &of a por.t or for a lmlwark.
As stated by Ma1rkham, the paTt to the ruorth was easily de–
fended, as well as the part faciTug the city; but the eastern
section b&ing omewhat weaker thel'e were built these flank
buJ.lwarks for fortiJication.
The fort had thl'ee walls iunni<z1g parallel 400 mete.rs, with 21
bulwarks. In wiould seem, according to Gare.Haso, that the wall
facing the city was originally built solidly on a high straight
• line. Today there can be seen adjoinning to the eaJSt and the
north these th ·ee walls with their three eom,munfoating éhoors.
They are calle 'o Puncu (.Sand en trance); Aecahuana Puncu
(named a.fter i cQn<Strnctor) and Huirac.cocha Puncu (the en·
trance of Huiraccocha). On th!e. ,summit of the hill, or in other
words in ithe t f: the fort, there w&re tbree high fortilfied
towers, although a res nt nothing remains of these structures;
the first two round and the other square, out of which issued a.n
abundant supply of fresh water. In their subcel'lars could be
quartered a for,ce of at least throo thousand soldiers, with their
arm:s aTud munitiorrs. It wou1d seem that the h e.ro1c feats of
Cahu1di duriug the time .of M<1.11co 's sieg·e of Cuz:co occurred in
the square tower whe<n its few 'JCcupants wer.e compelled to retreat
during the attacks ,of J'llan Pizarro and his :f:\ollowers.
Sacceaihuamán it is certain was 11ot only a fort but also an
arsell'a~, a -pla1ee of habitation and a place oif worship. This is
confi1-med by the large number of caverns ancl the pecwliar stone
dressing on its sides.
The na.mes of the .al towers mention&d above were: Muyucc
~ (meaning round inclosure); Sallacc MaTca (storm;y or hq,~