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Multi-periodSite Name: Puno Fertility Sanctuary Alternative Name: Chucuito Fertility temple, Inca UyoCountry: Peru
NOTE: This site is 15.23 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Puno Nearest Village: Chucuito
Latitude: 15.894465S Longitude: 69.889256W
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 |
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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 |
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Ogham visited on 15th Apr 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
The walled enclosure is definitely Incan, as are the collection of carved stones. However, as reported, multiple townspeople agree that the stones were collected from other locations and placed at the enclosure. To add to the question, the Quechua word "uyo" points back to a fertility connection.
Located 18 km south of Puno, Chucuito is one of the oldest towns in the area and is surrounded by farming fields that slope gently down to Lake Titicaca. The town was once the capital of the whole province and has colonial churches on its two main squares. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción has a Renaissance facade from 1601 and sits near the upper Plaza de Armas. The second church, Santo Domingo, is L-shaped with beautifully painted stone arches, a wooden altar carved in pan de oro, and a single ancient stone tower.
Read more at Moon.com and Final Transit.com.
Note: Fertility Shrine? Mushroom Worship? Architectural Structures collected from all over Incan town? See comments.
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