Choquequirao Ruins History
The site was built by Tupac Inca Yupanqui
1471-1493 and Huayna Capac 1493-1527. One of the last bastions of Inca
resistance and refuge of the Son of the Sun, “The Inca Ruler and their Andes
people,” Manko Inca Yupanqui, who fled Cusco after his siege of the city failed
in 1535. Choquequirao was one of the entrance checkpoints to the Vilcabamba
(Cuzco Amazon) and an administrative hub serving political, social, and
economic functions.
Its urban design has followed the symbolic patterns of the
imperial capital, with ritual places dedicated to the Sun (Inti), the
ancestors, the earth, water, and other divinities, with mansions for
administrators and houses for artisans, warehouses, large dormitories or
kallankas and farming terraces belonging to the Inca people. Spreading over 700
meters, the ceremonial area drops 65 meters from the elevated areas
to the main square. The city also played an essential role as a link between
the Amazon Jungle and the city of Cusco.
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