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Ruins Found Within The City of Cuzco
In order to tudy the principal Inc
ru1ns
"·ithin the inner boundaries of the city w shall
take the Plaza d Armas as the tart.ing p int.
Ruins Of The Northern Part
OOLCCAMPATA: To the North o.f the his–
torie Plaza, Oolccampata is the most important
of the numerous ruins. These ruins are found at
the foot of Sacsahuaman, upon the plateau where
stands the temple of San Oristoba'l
1 ,
seat of the
parish of the same name; there is a wall upon a
considerable part of "hJch is based the
f
acade
of the ediflee, and
som~
ragments of interiors
of old dwe[)hílgs.
qi
e faoad is of the greatest
importance, s · possesses great archreological
value.
In
i a . oun seve· n1cñes or wall open–
ings, ratller shallow a d about two meters high
J
just sufficiently large .to accommodate one per–
son; eacp niche has a kind of frame carved in
the stones of which
it
is built; it would appear
that thes.e niches were utilized by watchmen as
they overlooked the surrounding country.
In the interior of the building, which is now
the residence of an Italian merchant, Mr. Lomel–
lini, there is a fragm·ent of an ancient building
which still retains a door and
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w1.ndow, the
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