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An Inca town and temple hill with megalithic walls in the Sacred Valley. It is part of the Sacred Valley.
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- Americas
- Period
- AD 15th century
- Kind of site
- City
- Part of
- Sacred Valley
- Located in
- Urubamba Province, Peru
- Coordinates
- 13.2581° S, 72.2633° WWikipedia and Wikidata agree within 0.0 km
- Reference
- Wikidata Q916382
- Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia article
About this place
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 72 km by road northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of 2,792 m (9,160 ft) above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. During the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley of the Incas was the royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti, after the mid-15th century. He built a town and a ceremonial center there. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru, it served as a stronghold for Manco Inca Yupanqui, leader of the Inca resistance. It is now an important tourist attraction on account of its Inca ruins and its location en route to a starting point for the four-day, three-night hike of the Inca Trail.
Adapted from the Wikipedia article Ollantaytambo (this version), lightly edited for style, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Nearby places
Open in the Atlas →- Inkapintay 1.4 km (0.9 mi)
- Pumamarka, Urubamba 4.6 km (2.8 mi)
- Choquequilla 5.0 km (3.1 mi)
- Moray 11 km (7 mi)
- Chupani 15 km (9 mi)
- Wat'a, Cusco 16 km (10 mi)
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