Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Beyond Ollantaytambo the Sacred Valley is served by rail service, not roads. The town itself has been continuously occupied for centuries. Originally the town was able to hold off the Spanish invasion, but it fell to the Spanish a few years later.
Beyond Ollantaytambo the Sacred Valley is served by rail service, not roads. The town itself has been continuously occupied for centuries. Originally the town was able to hold off the Spanish invasion, but it fell to the Spanish a few years later.
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| A series of terraces rises to the fortress at the top of the hill. |
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| Another view of the fortress. |
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| At some point, the meticulous stone work of the sacred sites was finished with much lower grade (and faster) stonework. |
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| The "Ten Niches" wall shows the excellent fitting and finishing of large stones. |
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| A panoramic view of the terraces and town. |
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| A closer look at the mountain on the far side of the small valley. It holds a number of structures, mostly storehouses. |
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| A closer look at the grain storage houses on the mountain in the previous photo. While they look fairly small, each level is in fact at least 2 m (6 ft) tall. |
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| Dogs have been largely purged from Lima, but they still roam the streets in smaller towns, such as Ollantaytambo. |
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