<< Our Photo Pages >> Ollantaytambo - Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru
Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 20 July 2009 Page Views: 9734
Multi-periodSite Name: Ollantaytambo Alternative Name: UllantaytampuCountry: Peru Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cuzco Nearest Village: Ollantaitambo
Latitude: 13.258S Longitude: 72.263W
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
bat400 visited on 12th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4
MartinJEley visited on 13th Apr 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This is an impressive fortress site nestled in the Sacred Valley. The terraces and stonework are easily accessible with something of a climb up the stairs. The view and sun temple both make the climb worthwhile. The explanation from our tour guide of the 'knobs' on the large stones is that their shadows helped track such solar events a solstices.
mfrincu visited on 4th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Summer and winter solstice markers have been recently identified here.
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Jul 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
DrewParsons Ogham have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.6 Access: 4.4
The architecture of the Inca town is still found within the modern village, in the street plan, courtyard arrangement and monumental doorways. To the east is town itself. To the west and up hill, overlooking the town, are ceremonial sites within the massive fortress. Some of these appear to have been still under construction at the time of the Spanish Conquest, as numerous stones lie along ramps in various states of completion.
In addition to the town itself there are substantial agricultural terraces (with cut stone) on both sides of the Urubamba River, and granary buildings north of the village in the walls of the narrow valleyleading to the Urubamba.
The ceremonial site includes several impressive structures. These include the Temple of the Sun complex with six massive rose colored rhyolite slabs joined with thinner stone panels between them. They were quarried across the river. There is also an incomplete building with fine stonework and Ten Niches, and the Princess Baths with its fountain.
The town was part of the area that came under the control of the Empire during the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (approximately 80 years prior to the Spanish Conquest.) The massive building projects may indicate that this was the site of the estate of a noble or the Supa Inca himself.
Ollantaytambo was also the last stronghold of Manco Inca Yupanqui, the last of the Inca rulers, and the site of the only successful battle against the Spanish, as Manco drove off the troops of Spanish and their allies by using the site as a fortress and flooding the surrounding low areas by releasing a dammed stream into the valley.
Note: Opportunity Knocks - Again - in the Andes. Climate Change May Have Spurred Inca Empire. See Comment.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
These are just the first 25 photos of Ollantaytambo. If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
5.0km SE 134° Ñaupa Iglesia* Ancient Temple
5.7km S 179° Raqaypata* Ancient Village or Settlement
10.8km SE 137° Moray Terraces* Misc. Earthwork
12.6km ESE 112° Las Salinas* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
15.9km WNW 282° Salapunku* Ancient Village or Settlement
17.5km W 278° Llactapata* Ancient Village or Settlement
26.0km W 277° Runkurakay* Ancient Village or Settlement
27.6km W 277° Sayacmarca* Ancient Village or Settlement
27.7km ESE 122° Chinchero* Ancient Village or Settlement
27.8km ESE 122° Puma Temple* Ancient Temple
29.7km W 281° Phuyupatamarca* Ancient Village or Settlement
30.4km WNW 284° Winay Wayna* Ancient Village or Settlement
31.0km WNW 288° Intipunku* Ancient Temple
31.1km WNW 285° Intipata* Ancient Village or Settlement
32.2km WNW 289° Machu Picchu.* Ancient Village or Settlement
33.2km WNW 292° Inkaraqay Ancient Village or Settlement
36.5km ESE 109° Huchuy Qosqo Ancient Village or Settlement
40.3km SE 128° Tambomachay* Ancient Village or Settlement
41.1km SE 130° Lanlakuyok Carving
41.1km SE 128° Puca Pucara* Stone Fort or Dun
41.3km SE 133° Sacsayhuaman* Hillfort
42.1km SE 133° Museo de Arte Precolombino* Museum
42.1km SE 133° Cusco* Ancient Village or Settlement
42.2km SE 131° Qenko* Ancient Temple
42.3km SE 133° The Cusco Machu Picchu Museum* Museum
View more nearby sites and additional images