Le lendemain, nous visitons quelques sites incas dans la Vallee Sacree, notamment Ollantaytambo et le site de Moray.
Ollantaytambo à 72km de Cuzco est un charmant village Indien. C'est une occasion unique de voir comment était organisé une cité Inca, car les maisons modernes se sont insérées dans le tissu urbain ancien sans en modifier le tracé. C'est aussi une impressionnante forteresse préhispanique qui domine la vallée de ses temples et terrasses unis entre eux par un système complexe de canaux d'irrigation et découlement.
Ollantaytambo à 72km de Cuzco est un charmant village Indien. C'est une occasion unique de voir comment était organisé une cité Inca, car les maisons modernes se sont insérées dans le tissu urbain ancien sans en modifier le tracé. C'est aussi une impressionnante forteresse préhispanique qui domine la vallée de ses temples et terrasses unis entre eux par un système complexe de canaux d'irrigation et découlement.
En ce qui concerne le site de Moray, on pense que les Incas y faisaient des experimentations agricoles. A première vue, le site se présente comme un amphitheatre constitué de plusieurs terrasses disposées en cercle concentriques. En fait il s'agissait d'un centre de recherche agricole inca où étaient pratiquées des expériences de culture. La position des terrasses créent toute une série de microclimats.
The next day we visited more Incas site, in particular Ollantaytambo and Moray.
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 72 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of 2,792 meters. During the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo was the royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti who conquered the region, built the town and a ceremonial center. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru it served as a stronghold for Manco Inca Yupanqui, leader of the Inca resistance. Nowadays it is an important tourist attraction on account of its Inca buildings and as one of the most common starting points for the three-day, four-night hike known as the Inca Trail.
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 72 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of 2,792 meters. During the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo was the royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti who conquered the region, built the town and a ceremonial center. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru it served as a stronghold for Manco Inca Yupanqui, leader of the Inca resistance. Nowadays it is an important tourist attraction on account of its Inca buildings and as one of the most common starting points for the three-day, four-night hike known as the Inca Trail.
Moray is a town approximately 50 km Northwest of Cuzco near the town of Maras that is noted for a large complex of unusual Inca ruins. These include most notably several enormous terraced circular depressions that were perhaps used to study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops. The depth of the pits (the largest is about 30 m deep) creates a temperature gradient of as much as 15° C between the top and the bottom. As with many other Inca sites, it also has a very sophisticated irrigation system for providing the plants with water.
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