<< Our Photo Pages >> Ingapirca - Ancient Village or Settlement in Ecuador
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Multi-periodSite Name: IngapircaCountry: Ecuador
NOTE: This site is 196.18 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cuenca Nearest Village: Ingapirca
Latitude: 2.54899S Longitude: 78.87147W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The site has never been "lost" as was the case with Machu Picchu, and has been reported by Europeans at least as early as 1739 when detailed plans of the site were drawn. Ingapirca was probably a temple with facilities for relay runners who carried messages between Incan centres along the imperial way from Quito to Tomebamba. The site has the usual Incan mortarless, perfectly jointed masonry and is set in pleasant hill country. I visited the site in 1995 before digital cameras so the photos are less than perfect but give a good idea of the place.
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