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<< Our Photo Pages >> Intipunku - Ancient Temple in Peru

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Monday, 22 November 2010  Page Views: 4768

Multi-periodSite Name: Intipunku
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 2.02 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Cuzco  Nearest Village: Aguas Calientes
Latitude: 13.170172S  Longitude: 72.535083W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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SolarMegalith visited on 1st Jul 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 3

Intipunku
Intipunku submitted by SolarMegalith : Ruins of Intipunku (photo taken on July 2003). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Temple in Peru.

Intipunku ("The Gateway of the Sun", "Sun Gate") is a small Inca temple located on the pass over Machu Picchu. Ruins of Intipunku are last monument of Inca trail before Machu Picchu - from this point the ruins of famous city are perfectly visible.
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Intipunku
Intipunku submitted by Ogham : Machu Picchu as seen from the gate. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Intipunku
Intipunku submitted by Ogham : The view out over the mountains. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Intipunku
Intipunku submitted by Ogham : The gate in the mountain clouds. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Intipunku
Intipunku submitted by Ogham : The view of the terraces at the site. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Intipunku
Intipunku submitted by Ogham : The steps up to the Sun Gate.

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Re: Intipunku by Ogham on Saturday, 21 January 2012
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This site is located at 13 10.211S 72 32.105W this was with a handheld GPS.
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