Ingapirca
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Ingapirca is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby.
Ingapirca, the temple of the sun
Overall view of the site of Ingapirca
Wall ravine (Inga yunga)
Inca architecture
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Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded in the 2nd century B.C.E. in present-day Boliv
Ingapirca
…entire compound. The Temple of the Sun is the most significant building whose partial ruins survive at the archeological site. It is constructed in the Inca way without mortar, as are most of the structures in the complex. The stones were carefully chiseled and fashioned to fit together perfectly. It was…
Ashlar masonry wall of the Coricancha temple, at Cuzco, the capital city of the Inca Empire.
A trapezoidal doorway, a common element in Inca architecture, at Machu Picchu
Polygonal masonry at Sacsayhuamán
Twelve-angled stone in the Hatun Rumiyoc street of Cusco, is an example of Inca masonry