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palaces near this first one.

In other words, InKa

L

izc9 began to extend towards the south, near

U1

present districts of Santo Domingo and Li–

mac1 ampa.

The Second Reconstruction

Inka Yupanki (Pachakutej) gave Cuzco much

o[

it

r eal g-reatness. Was this labor of re–

c

1 .

tr ic tion ctue perhaps to a dev· station which

lh e

capital of the Sun suffered at the hands of

su1n·

invader who destroyed its temples? Th re

is

mo r

than one r

f

eren ce that Cuzco \Vas sacked

b

~

1 verful ··val tribes (principally the Kanas

and Chankas ) . Oi r za and Betanzos a r e

in

giving

Pachakut

j

t

['

it

f

or the seco

1d

founding of

Cuzco. He pu t .h e

atana R ' ver b tween chan–

n ls throug iout it

tire le g h to Lalce Muyuna

(th

river cha g

a

it cou

subsequ nt y as the

r sult of a

1

olcani

ruption). He put up new

constructions in the city. He built the Intiwasi or

temple of "Apu-Punchau"

("Lord of the Day'

although this phrase appears origin.ally to be a

translation from Spanish to keswa). He reformed

lhe royal ayllus of Cuzco, fixing their districts.

The Precinct of the

City

The stone buildings w re temples and royal

r esidences. Most of them were built on the point

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