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Tipon
It is a National Archaeological Park located toward the east of
Qosqo City; covering a territory of about 2200 hectares (5436 acres)
in the Oropesa district, province of Quispicanchis. In order to
get to the main archaeological monument there is a 5 Km. (3 mile)
dusty road from kilometer 18 (mile 11.2) of the road Cusco-Puno,
towards the north and crossing the "Watanay" rivulet.
Most impressive is the irrigation system that is still serving agriculture
and was made by taking advantage of the water spring existing in
the spot. It has carved stone channels, precisely calculated and
sometimes with almost vertical falls that all together constitute
a hydraulic engineering master work. Likewise, there are some fountains
that probably had ceremonial uses.
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Pikillacta
Pikillacta is a pre-Inkan City that contains approximately 700 buildings,
200 "kanchas" (apartments) and 504 "qolqas"
(storehouses) and different buildings. It must have had a population
of about 10 thousand people. The city has a very harmonious and
almost perfect geometrical design, divided in blocks with straight
streets. It covers an area of 3421 hectares (8453 acres), and is
located in the Quispicanchis province, toward the east of Qosqo
City and about 32 Kms.
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Andahuaylillas
Town located at 45 km southeast of Cusco; it has a church with a
humble external aspect that keeps one of the most valuable jewels
of colonial art in Peru, named the "Capilla Sixtina of Peru."
The interior of the Church of San Pedro of Andahuaylillas is an
explosion of Baroque art with a great quantity of decorations.
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