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OUZCO:
THÉ
fusTORICAL
AND
'.MONUMENTAL
CITY OF PERU
is one kilometer; from the otown to the fort is about fuur hundred
meter:. c1imlb, Tbe bi'll on w'hich tibe fort is 1ocated i:s in part
artiJllooal, as can be noted on ascending, but ali .this is admirably
protected by ruibble-work. On arriving at bhe center of the fort
thert'
will
be seen the remain
of what was the central palace.
In the rear part are
1hc iJnmcn
' e bould€1rs partly buried in tbe
ground and united by
sma~ler
stones giving au apperura..nee
of
inlaid work.
'fhey are peJ·haps the largest you have ever seen
fo:
thefr purpose.
Lower down will be ob erved another plaza with remains
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immense stones ;finely dressed which serv-ed f or ano h r
J •
1
e,
probaib1y a
a twnple.
Still
furtheJ' down, in tbe di r
town, wi11 be seen an elegant p rtal which
,still
J·etain
its o
design and whic
e
e
the c11araict ·i,stic
forro
of
J •• '
eionstruction . Pa
i;n
tli
ough the entrran·ce is a na.rrow waH. tu
the left of
1''hÍ(·}¡
¡
r wal
of
decq~·at
a
stones with e1'ght JLic:hea
placed at equal d'
t
•e' in T.·bicili were kept tutelary idols. At
the end of th
gaJle:I:"
re
the mail'ks of another wiall which
was built 01, a
para11e:J
ílrn
to the fust mentioned.
From tbis gallery 1 ad a number of wa1lk.s (about 16) Ieading.
to a large istructure, now de troyed, said <to bave been the pakwe ,
of Ollantai.
These suuoundings were clllltivated for the necee·
sities of
life
during tbe tÍlllle of the siege.
Aibove the fort is tbe Intilrnrutan•a, whose ru.ins can still be
seen.
Is was
~sed
as a
ort of a weather ibureau. On the &lopee
of the mountarn
ar~
sma].] houses wholly or pairtly in ruins, used
as qua.rt.ers by so1d1·ers.
l!'rom the fort on the sid,e of the rivet
all!d up
oo
the top of the mountaiJ!l are seen the qUia.uies of Cachi
Recata fl'lom which were birought bhe
tone for the construction of
the
citadel.
Stones
rure
scattered about half
cut
and
of
diifeil'eht dimensions, many possibly cut
'1io
a size convenierut for
tbrowing from 011.e side of the rive,r to the other.
A short distan.c:e from the town in the di,rection of the road to
the valley are two enormou'.S stones called "Las piedras oonsa·
das" (!!aikksaicca Rumi). The largest mea.sures
20
,feet in lengith.
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