Sacsayhuaman is an Incan archeological site located to the north of downtown Cusco, Peru.
Its altitude is more than 10,000 feet above sea level. We visited there in 2002.
Sacsayhuaman (pronounced amusingly as SASSY WOMAN) is an Incan (Quechua) word, Sacsay that means satisfied, and the huaman that is hawk.
It is believed to have been constructed about 700 years ago and it took 1,000's of workers decades to finish.
Generally the site is considered to have been religious in nature, but the Spanish, seeing the huge stones that make up the wall of the great field, thought that it was a fortress. The huge stones are contoured by hand and fitted seamlessly together. The overall impact, upon seeing the way the stones are fitted, is a sense of great curiosity as to how, without modern construction equipment and methods, this could have ever been accomplished. Look to the right of the picture above.
See the contour of the stones and the fit between the edges.
Beautifully decorated llamas are brought to the site by enterprising Cuscoans, who for a small donation, allow you to take pictures with the whole city sprawled out below.
If you edit carefully, you can see the reflection of the photographer in the eye of a llama.
Actual enlargement of the eye of the llama with the reflection of el abuelo taking the picture.
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