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| Saqsawaman |
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| Saqsawaman |
Located near Cusco, it has long been called the fortress with it's imposing zig zag wall it appears intimidating. In reality is was probably built for rituals or perhaps mock battles to celebrate. There is evidence of lots of store houses that were located on the open fields near by. There are three retaining walls that stretch at least 1300 ft. One of the walls contains mammoth carved boulders that look impossible to move without modern machinery. Even the Spaniards were impressed with this feat.
There was pottery found in nearby housing that suggests the that the workers were brought from the Lake Titikaka region.
The only time where this area was used as a fortress was during the Manco Pizarro siege. Manco was the Incan ruler that Pizarro actually appointed, once Manco realized that he could never actually rule under the spanish he started to recruit.
It is said that when Cuzco was built, it was designed in the shape of a Puma, in this scenario Saqsaywaman was the head and mane (zig zag).
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| Storehouse at Saqsawaman |
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