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ECUADOR - Around Cuenca -

Southern Andes mountains

Ingapirca Inca ruins

Ingapirca is a town located at 3 hours from Cuenca and it is also the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby, which are the best preserved in Ecuador.These are the largest known Inca ruins in Ecuador. The most significant building is the Temple of the Sun, an elliptically shaped building constructed around a large rock.We also took pictures of the countryside landscape on our way and around Ingapirca.

 

BEST TIME to VISIT INGAPIRCA
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BEST TIME to TRAVEL to ​ECUADOR

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​Mountains : from June to August
The castle complex is of Cañari-Inca origin. Its purpose is uncertain so far. The complex was used as a fortress and storehouse from which to resupply Inca troops en route to northern Ecuador. The Temple of the Sun is the most significant building whose partial ruins survive at the archeological site. It is constructed in the Inca way without mortar, as are most of the structures in the complex. The stones were carefully chiseled and fashioned to fit together perfectly. It was positioned in keeping with their beliefs and knowledge of the cosmos. Researchers have learned by observation that the Temple of the Sun was positioned so that on the solstices, at exactly the right time of day, sunlight would fall through the center of the doorway of the small chamber at the top of the temple.
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