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Qapac-ñan (INCA TRAIL )/PERU { 58 images } Created 12 Aug 2014

The ancient Inca empire was extended along a huge band of territory west of South America that the current southern Colombia reaches a height of Santiago de Chile. This territory in which they lived many different peoples was well managed by the capital Cusco thanks to a highly branched system of roads: the "suyos" so they were called the four main arterial roads of the Empire, set off from the main square of Cusco to reach the furthest reaches , other roads were built across to connect to each other and then to the coast, mountains , mountains the forest.
After five centuries, many of these roads still exist, if some parts are missing, in fact, some are still used by the people of the mountains, others are modeled on the path of the existing roads. For several years in Peru, by the Ministry of Culture is an ongoing study to identify and exploit paths, eight of which were made official in the application to Unesco Heritage.
Along the suyos there are still many archaeological and above all there is an Andean world alive and well, a great people from a strong cultural identity, deeply rooted in the ancient past, but with all the contradictions of nowadays, looking to the future.
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  • Don Cayetano Ccanahuire is an Andean priest and has always lived in the highest of the four "comunidades campesinas" near the  Q'eswachaka bridge. The ancient large network of roads built by the Incas, Qapac-ñan (inca trail), crossed the Andes in every direction, and also met with insuperable rivers, such as the Apurimac in Q'eswachaa area, in the southwestern part of the department of Cusco. The solution was a suspension bridge made ​​with q'chu, an herb that grows as subtle as resistant in the area. Guardians of ancestral knowledge, the four communities in the area continue to rebuild every year the Inca suspension bridge, which is subject to rapid wear. For several decades an iron bridge has rendered obsolete the suspense, but as often happens in the Peruvian Andes, this is not practical reason. Rebuilding the bridge annually in vegetable fiber means safeguarding indigenous cultural identity, even more so now that the whole Qapac-ñan has become a World Heritage Site. To rebuild the bridge, which is consumed in a year with the weather, it starts with the collection of the raw material that is shaken to remove impurities, a simple gesture that Don Cayetano Ccanahuire seems to give a touch of solemnity.
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  • In the square in Tanta, very isolated"comunidad Campesina" close to Qapac-ñan between the mountains of the department of Lima
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  • In the small emporium of Tanta, very isolated "comunidad Campesina" close to Qapac-ñan between the mountains of the department of Lima.
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  • Leaving Tanta to the Qapac-ñan, parts of the old road are still used to move between the various puny towns in the area.
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  • One of the best-preserved of Qapac-ñan is the "escalera yoko" in the mountainous massif accessible from Tanta, this old staircase has been well maintained, thanks to the sparse population in the area. The institutions of Tanta in collaboration with a small travel agency have planned the development of tourism but in fact, due to the inaccessibility and the almost total lack of infrastructure, no one visit  the area, despite some guides trained to be able to accompany
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  • One of the best-preserved of Qapac-ñan is the "escalera yoko" in the mountainous massif accessible from Tanta, this old staircase has been well maintained, thanks to the sparse population in the area. The institutions of Tanta in collaboration with a small travel agency have planned the development of tourism but in fact, due to the inaccessibility and the almost total lack of infrastructure, no one visit  the area, despite some guides trained to be able to accompany
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  • One of the best-preserved of Qapac-ñan is the "escalera yoko" in the mountainous massif accessible from Tanta, this old staircase has been well maintained, thanks to the sparse population in the area. The institutions of Tanta in collaboration with a small travel agency have planned the development of tourism but in fact, due to the inaccessibility and the almost total lack of infrastructure, no one visit  the area, despite some guides trained to be able to accompany
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  • The mountainous area of Tanta does not allow other activity except that of sheep, llama, alpaca and sheep. One of the few works required for this semi-wild cattle is the "herranza", which is a marking made ​​with colored ribbons that are renewed every year. As in many other cases in the pastoral world, this activity is celebrated with a feast, the launch of candy at the time when the cattle are released with ribbons renewed is a symbol of good luck
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  • A Tanta, very isolated "comunidad Campesina" close to Qapac-ñan between the mountains of the department of Lima, July 28, the anniversary of national independence, they celebrate a complex historical piece.
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  • Initiative recently due to the newly established Ministry of Culture is the placing of commemorative plaques and guidance at the beginning of the various suyos
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  • The Plaza de Armas of Cusco is perhaps the most beautiful square in the colonial style of the whole of South America, was built on the existing Inca square from which it departed the four main paths of the Inca Empire (the Suyos). Evangelization forced the local population was never able to completely eradicate the previous culture.
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  • The Plaza de Armas of Cusco today is the hub of international tourism in the area, fashion boutiques in the Andean style are one of the many business flourished thanks to the proximity of Macchu Picchu and the beauty of the city "ombligo del mundo."
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  • The Plaza de Armas of Cusco is also a place of union and political events, Cusco is not only an arena for tourists.
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  • The ancient Inca walls that bordered the suyos continue to make a good showing of himself, especially for the perfect arrangement of the stones, the site of the famous stone of the twelve sides is one of the must urban tourism, the place of sale of handicrafts, offer tours etc ...
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  • El Inca Pachacutec overlooking the city from the roof of the tower museum dedicated to him, the place is on Collasuyo, the road from the Plaza of Cusco pointing south to Bolivia. This part of today has the name of Avenida el Sol and is one of the main artery of the city ....
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  • The fortress of Ollantaytambo marks the end of them in the Sacred Valley of the Inca trail then leads to Machu Picchu, but the inca trail tour to the archaeological site most famous of the continent don't follows the ancient route
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  • Location is very well preserved along the Qapac-Òan, Ollantaytambo lives of international tourism directed to Macchu Picchu.
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  • In the historic center of Ollantaytambo
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  • In the village of Patacancha site on Qapac-ñan between the Sacred Valley and Lares  the NGO Awamaki works with a large group of women both in the field of textile craft in which that responsible tourism. It's a  way to create development while safeguarding indigenous cultural identity . Monica Huanta of that NGO  speaks Quechua (essential given the difficulty of the village women to express themselves in Spanish) visit the community to administrative matters.
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  • Federico Benavides, responabile of tourism in the remote town of Lares, studying the ancient route that passed from Ollantaytambo to them to reach the forest
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  • In a street of Lares
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  • The hot springs of Lares, along the Qapaq-Òan
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  • Don Alipio Quispe, Lares, managing the harvest of his corn, agriculture consumption is the main activity in the area.
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  • Don Alipio Quispe, Lares, starting with the last of the fifteen days dedicated to harvesting his corn, agriculture consumption is the main activity in the  Lares area.
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  • During a wedding in Jauja, a city famous for its numerous bands
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  • The Collasuyo leave Cusco to the south in a fertile valley
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  • Abandoned after the agrarian reform of 1968, the old "Hacienda" la Angostura, along the Collasuyo, is the home of a local agricultural cooperative, but the structure is coming undone and the cooperative lacks money and funding to renovate
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  • A short walk from Collasuyo, Huasao has always been the village of shamans, faces also celebrates an annual festival of shamanismo, Doña Benita Mamani from the department of Ayacucho, plays a "mesa" and blesses bystanders
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  • A short walk from Collasuyo Huasao has always been the village of shamans, faces also celebrates an annual festival of shamanismo, Doña Benita Mamani from the department of Ayacucho, plays a "mesa" and blesses bystanders
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  • The Vallumbrosio is the "hacienda" bordered on the south by La Angostura, had a different fate. It's 'home to the offices of the research Qapac-ñan of the department of Cusco (which operates independently from Lima) as well as the Institute for the restoration of works of art. The Typon the  vast archaeological area surrounding the farm is accessible from a tourist point of view and at the same time is still a subject of study
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  • In  the village of Tipon, in the ancient Hacienda Vallumbrosio, there is the Institute of the Restoration of works of art that takes care of the artistic heritage of colonial era preserved in many ancient churches, in poor condition
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  • The Collasuyo continues south passing the town of Oropesa, known throughout the country for a special sweet bread, made ​​by hand.
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  • As in many other places along the Collasuyo, Oropesa has its well preserved colonial church
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  • The poverty and family breakdown is a phenomenon that is still big in Peru, the association Azul Wasi, at Oropesa, houses and educates abandoned children of Cusco; in the country grow up with healthy values ​​and stay away from the dangers of "the road".
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  • Reached by ancient roadway Lake Huacarpay is a beautiful ecological reserve
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  • Antique baroque pipe organ in the church of the Andahuayillas Qapac-ñan also touches on the three centers of the Andean Baroque, Andahuayillas is the main point, with the church masterpiece of colonial
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  • Next to the beautiful church of Andahuayillas, Renato Davila Riquelme atropologo has its own museum  about Andean rituals and is not ashamed to converse with visitors about its many theories about the world Inca
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  • Along the Collasuyo, southern section of Qapac-ñan often lying under the asphalt, there are many ancient ruins visible traveling
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  • Urcos retains the characteristic of the old "Tambo" along the Qollasuyo, but now the road is paved and the bus is the transport par excellence
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  • Completely done by natural fiber, the Q'eswachaka bridge can resist just one year.
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  • Preparing the big cords that will became the flooring  and handrail of Q'eswachaka bridge
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  • Building the new bridge
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  • Near the border with the department of Puno, Raqchi is the impressive archaeological site through its entire length from Collasuyo, the local population has formed a cooperative of rural tourism, a higher than average prices you can 'access to a complete package and not divisible made ​​for board and lodging in the houses, demonstrations of various crafts and ceramics. Women wear a traditional costume, this could be to make more like it could be a custom image, as happens in many other parts of the country.
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  • Typical of the Andean world is the community work, the Minka, sometimes for the sake of the community, at other times to help a neighbor, people gather to perform work. In this case, in the village of XY along the Collasuyo, two families are making the bricks of "adobe", the archaic system that consists of mixing straw and earth.
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  • The annual agricultural fair of Sicuani. To  give a demonstration of hygiene these operators put the mask on the face,outdoor and  surrounded by  cows ....
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  • The lithic museum c of Pucara is the only one along the Collasuyo, very important and very visited.
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  • Pucara is the town with the oldest fortress along the Collasuyo but it is also the land of the "toritos" terra-cotta sculptures that pair up on the roofs in auspicious sign referring to the ancient symbolism due to bullfighting and could not miss , in a market square, the monument to the bull
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  • Almost unknown to the Peruvian not from Puno, Sillustani chullpas are the funerary monuments of the ancient pre-Inca culture Collao, located in a spectacular location on the lake Umayo near the Titicaca and Puno, as well as very close to the Collasuyo. In the neighboring village there was also a rural tourism project, in many farms have converted the old way, but pretty much the proximity to Titicaca and Puno, the lack of ability to make global communication on the part of the local community and the lack of interest of the tourist agencies have made void the project. The locals, seeing the tourist, shyly offers hospitality but no one stops.
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  • Chucuito is on Collasuyo forty minutes by road from Puno going towards the border of Desaguadero, traversed longitudinally by Collasuyo ignored by tourism it's home to a feast of the Ascension (15 August) by the pre-Inca traits, as in all the festivities of the Aymara area makes extensive use of confetti and give uns aluto personal use to the family organizer of the festival
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  • Chucuito is on Collasuyo forty minutes by road from Puno going towards the border of Desaguadero, traversed longitudinally by Collasuyo ignored by tourism it's home to a feast of the Ascension (15 August) by the pre-Inca traits, as in all the festivities of the Aymara women dance twirling the "pollera" while men waving a white handkerchief.
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  • Chucuito is on Collasuyo forty minutes by road from Puno going towards the border of Desaguadero, traversed longitudinally by Collasuyo ignored by tourism it's home to a feast of the Ascension (15 August) by the pre-Inca traits, as in all the festivities of the Aymara each family of a contribution in cases of beer, usually warm and light but extremely effective ...
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  • In an anonymous tract of Collasuyo cross flocks and motorcycles
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  • With four colonial churches and other architectural beauties of the same era, Juli, the country crossed by  the Collasuyo, is called the Little Rome of Peru
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  • The Collasuyo in Pomata, balcony philosophical Titicaca, the reason for the term "philosophical" is unknown even to the local tourist office, it is said that they were born many photographers but no one not even a name
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  • Taking advantage of the wind of the plateau  to separate the chaff from seeds , along the Collasuyo near Pomata
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  • The church of Ointment is a little gem along the Collasuyo, the local tourist office says that there are not some tourist bus tours if that still does not stop more than twenty minutes
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  • Before you get lost on the plateau of Bolivia, the traces of the studied Collasuyo touch the ancient and mysterious ceremonial center of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, perhaps the oldest archaeological site in the world
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  • Chucuito is on Collasuyo forty minutes by road from Puno going towards the border of Desaguadero, traversed longitudinally by Collasuyo
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