Sacred Valley of the Incas by junge1
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Description
The Sacred Valley of the Incas was formed by, and extends along, the Urubamba River, also known as Willkamayu in Quechua, the still spoken lingua franca of the Inca Empire. The valley is located near the Inca capital of Cusco, and includes the small towns of Pisaq (shown), Calca, Yucay, Urubamba, and Ollantaytambo. The valley floor at Pisaq, at the upper end of the valley, is at an elevation of 3050 m (~ 10,000-ft). Ollantaytambo, at the lower end of the valley, is at an elevation of 2,850 m (~9,350-ft).
Large scale maize (corn) production started around 1400 AD as Inca urban agriculture.
Today mostly corn is grown on the valley floor along the river and on the lower slopes of the adjacent mountains between these two towns.
Just upriver from Ollantaytambo, the PERURAIL from Cusco crosses the river and provides the connection with Aguas Calientes, the gateway to Machu Picchu. There is no other connection to Aguas Calientes. Over a distance of about 105 km (~65 mi) from Pisaq to Aguas Calientes the Urubamba River drops about 3,000-ft in elevation.
This picture was taken on 25 August 2014,
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Comments (21)
Richardphotos
amazing vista and superb capture Sig
blinkings
A sensational view, and photo.
kgb224
Amazing scene and capture my friend. God bless.
auntietk
O. M. G. That is absolutely spectacular! I love the light ... it's like you can SEE how thin the air is. Beautiful!
Faemike55
Fantastic view Sig! cool information about this region
jayfar
This is one beautiful capture Sig - I would love to go there.
starship64
Gorgeous shot!
ontar1
Wow, that is beautiful, outstanding capture!
KarmaSong
A superb photo of this dream-like view of this Sacred Valley : plus, a most interesting narrative : sterling work, Sig !
X-PaX
Beautiful capture.
Cyve
Marvelous landscape and fantastic POV.
bazza
Fabulous capture Sig it looks an amazing place, great info on this also.
soffy
Amazing view and capture,thanks for the info*****
ia-du-lin
wonderful landscape, great shot
flavia49
marvellous panorama
danapommet
A wonderful photo, zoom and once again - educational information!
jocko500
wow this is lovely
farmerC
Exellent shot.
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot!!!!!
debbielove
What a great view! Wonderful Sig, very well captured and thanks for the info as well. Stunning! Rob
CavalierLady
A stunning view!!