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CUZCO:

Tl:lE

HISTORICAL

AND

MONUMENTAL

CITY OF PERU

high walls can be seen, today covered

011

·the up.per part as a

protection against the

rain~.

The foundoations are of large cut

stones to the

hei~ht

of more than a meter; ithe remainder of th&

wall to a height of more than six meters is of clay.

would

there.f.oire appeaT that the ·base

p.re-

Incaic and the upper part.

con·structed

-duri.ag

the time

oif

Viraccocha.

iis

probll!blle thalb

the t emp1'e

W:.l/S

in· a very remote time

ded~'Cated

to the Gods Hui–

raccocha, a divinity reverred by the Quechua

na.ce,

after

tha

d·estruction e>f Tint a by a volcanw eruption -

traces of whfohi

ruret

found

today.

The· form Qf

the

temple

confurnis witli>

tl:ie

deseription made by Gar-cila

The gallories

are

colllllec:tmg

and it woulld appear thiat th e edirfice wa:s a vast sanetuary

fo11·

secret or •compJ ex cuJtm'e. The part devoted to worshipp

in.

which

wrus the iigure of the apparition

wb,

.i.cl~

wari;ied the young

pri.n.ce

in ChcJJi.tapamplll o

t.h

dap ge;

of t

invasi0¡n

at. all event.s.

in the highei¡ p l\t of the edifi.c<e whieh proba.bly had

t 'llíQ,

:6..o.ars..

del