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Sacsayhuamán

A walled complex with intricate stone structures and terraced zigzag walls stands majestically on a mountain ridge, bathed in golden light, showcasing the architectural prowess of the Inca civilization.

A walled complex on the ridge above Cusco in the southern Peruvian Andes, built by the Inca state during the fifteenth century. Three terraced zig-zag walls of cyclopean polygonal masonry run for several hundred metres, faced with blocks weighing up to roughly 128 tonnes. The Spanish, who took the site in 1536, quarried it for building stone but could not break the largest courses loose.

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