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poli hed
ton , Inca blocks.
'rhis sh
\YS
the
n1ethod of adaptation of sacred shrin
by
t.heInca de cendant of the ancient kesv; a . Doubtl
s,
'vhen the Incas built walls around th
e
º
nci
nL
open -air temples they intended to demon.,trate
their reverence
f
or their anee tors separat.ing
Lhe
s-ecular fron1 the sacred .
The l riests
1
eld their religious service
in
the e subterranean galleries and in these obscure
and mysterious temples, with all the .maj esty ar l
sib~
lline prestige of esoteric religions. The race
passes through an age here which we are inca–
pable of measur1ng.
of
rn1as and the
ven
la r . This is an
ha been discr.edited by
on1n1on sense p eople.
It is considered as an
infantile .belief of
the common masses. Ne –
vertheless,
it
is the truth
!
Cieza de Lean, Juan de
Betanzos two of the earlier and more creditablc
lli storians, inention
the existence of a pond,
cruagn1ire or lake ·at the site where we find today
thc Plaza de Armas and Cabildo.
It "'as drained
1 ·~~ ln l~ a 1~up anki,
that great monarch, who ·made
~
·· ,
r·
I'
rnt
rmou
trunks of trees and inmense
-- ' 1·1 t: '
h!n0ks .
r, en
during the
Inca period, at
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1t