Inka Trail HuchuyQosqo To Machupicchu (3 Days)

Huchuy Qosqo is an Inca archaeological site located 50 km north of Cusco, Peru. It is located at an altitude of 3,600 meters, above the town of Lamay, in the district of Calca, province of Calca, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Where the Vilcanota River runs.
This enigmatic Inca site received its name in the 20th century; formerly his name was “Kakya Qawani”. The Chronicler of the 16th century: Pedro Cieza de León, in his second chronicle of Peru, affirmed that the palaces are the astronomical centers and the “kallancas” resting places; they were built by the Inca Wiracocha, the eighth Inca ruler and father of the Inca Pachacutek. Among a large number of buildings, some stone, some adobe, there is a 40 m long kallanka (great hall). The water supply is an irrigation channel built by the Incas, filled with stones of about 800 meters.
The construction of Huchuy Qosqo was probably established as a royal hacienda by the Inca emperor Wiracocha around 1420 AD when the ferocious “Chankas” invaded Cusco, which was then the capital of Tawantinsuyo.
The Spanish took control of “Kakya Qawani” or Huchuy Qosqo in 1500, after the Inca Manco Revolution ended in 1540. This revolution was made by Macno Inca himself and his three heirs: Sayri Tupac, Tito Yupanky and Tupac Amaru I. The Spanish used the site of Huchuy Qosqo as a farm. The villagers built several small reservoirs for irrigation. While at Huchuy Quosqo, the Spanish demolished other Inca structures to build the largest reservoir seen today.