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Multi-periodSite Name: IntipataCountry: Peru Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aguas Calientes Nearest Village: Aguas Calientes
Latitude: 13.186616S Longitude: 72.540991W
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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Jansold visited on 1st Sep 2001 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Ogham have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 2
Intipata means “The Town of the Sun”. It’s an archaeological site formed mainly by agricultural terraces which have a convex shape. They were discovered by coincidence in 1992. The University of Cusco (UNSAAC) cleared the terraces and found there 5 small buildings. The ruin can be visited. A shortcut to the sanctuary of Machu Picchu existed in Inca times crossing Intipata. It is 3000m approximately above sea level and can only be accessed by walking up from Aguas Calientes or completing the Inka Trail.
Because there are no plazas, religious structures or fortifications, the experts have little doubt that Intipata was primarily an agricultural settlement. But it probably had a strategic function as well. From Intipata you can see across to the lookout platform on the top of Cerro Machu Picchu, and down to the Inca site of Choquesuysuy. Messages could be transmitted to the mountain city of Machu Picchu from the floor of the Urubamba below through the lookout point on the top of Intipata.
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