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W<\/strong>here is <\/strong>C<\/strong>hoquequirao <\/strong>P<\/strong>eru<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

08710, Peru<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao is currently located in the district of Santa Teresa<\/strong>, province of La Convencion, department of Cusco,<\/strong> in<\/strong> Peru<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/strong>hoquequirao <\/strong>A<\/strong>rchaeological <\/strong>P<\/strong>ark <\/strong>Peru <\/strong>is located in the foothills of the Nevado Salkantay, in the Apur\u00edmac valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The C<\/strong>hoquequirao <\/strong>A<\/strong>rchaeological <\/strong>P<\/strong>ark <\/strong>is located between the slopes and the top of the hill that bears the same name at 3104.09 m.a.s.l.<\/strong>, in the Yanama mountain range, located in the Vilcabamba mountain range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/strong>hoquequirao longitude and latitude<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

13.3950\u00b0 S, 72.8722\u00b0 W<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The C<\/strong>hoquequirao <\/strong>A<\/strong>rchaeological <\/strong>P<\/strong>ark<\/strong> <\/strong>i<\/strong>s<\/strong> located at 13 \u00b0 32 ‘<\/strong> <\/strong>latitude and 77 \u00b0 44′ west longitud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is located at 3,033 meters above sea level in the mountains of the Salkantay Glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Choquequirao?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao is an Inca urban center similar to Machu Picchu.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The similarity with Machu Picchu is due in large part to the similarity of the geography of the place where the enclosure was built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to various investigations, Choquequirao Ruins<\/strong> would also be a fortress and a ceremonial center. <\/strong>The truth is that due to its hidden location on a high and distant mountain; it was a strategic point for various purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, like Machu Picchu, Choquequirao Ruins<\/strong> was abandoned and covered by the jungle until its re-discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When was Choquequirao discovered?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first explorer to visit <\/strong>a citadel called \u00abChuquiquirau\u00bb was the Spanish explorer Juan Arias D\u00edaz Topete in the year 1710. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in 1909, an American foreigner wearing a khaki hat, who asked some of the descendants of nearby families if they had heard of an ancient Inca city in the middle of the jungle, like Machu Picchu. Well, he’s right, what’s more, he’s the same American in a khaki hat. This foreigner, hired a local shepherd as a guide, also paid him for some donkeys and they started walking. This explorer was Hiram Bingham. However, while Machu Picchu achieved full glory. The one that is considered his sacred sister (Choquequirao) was covered by the dense thicket of the jungle for much longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao History<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Choquequirao, the Incas took refuge from the Vilcabamba valley after the arrival of the Spanish, in their last attempt to reconquer their kingdom.<\/strong> Its name means \u00abCradle of Gold\u00bb and its beauty and greatness is compared to Machu Picchu. Experts suggest it was constructed around the same time as Machu Picchu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin of the Name of Choquequirao<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to studies, although Choquequirao was not a place of extraction of gold or silver, its name has sacred connotations. In the Aymara language, which was spoken in a large part of the southern Andes before the Incas, the term Choque designates gold and everything related to it. It refers to all things that shine, such as the sun, lightning, micaque stones flicker in the sun, and everything precious and of great value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its synonym in Quechua is Cori, el Oro. For its part, the term Quirao means \u00abcradle of gold\u00bb, a possible allusion to the numerous gold mines in this area that the Incas exploited <\/strong>considering them sacred. It should not be forgotten that the Inca was the son of the sun, inti on earth, and his wife, a reflection of the moon, Quilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History of Choquequirao during the Inca period (1438-1534)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It was a cultural and religious center for the region. Presumably this citadel was used as a checkpoint to ensure access to the Vilcabamba areas, which connected the jungle with other important centers such as P\u00edsac and Machu Picchu. It is also estimated that the citadel played an important role serving as a link between the Amazon jungle and the imperial city of Cusco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time of transition (1534-1572)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The young French historian E. Duffait points out, in his recently submitted doctoral thesis, that the conqueror Francisco Pizarro ceded to his brother Hernando the entire region of Choquequirao, which was then called Choquicarango or chuquierrango, which shows that the Spaniards knew this site little after his arrival in Peru in the 16th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History of the invasion of Choquequirao<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao is considered one of the last bastions of resistance and refuge for the Incas, who, on the orders of Manco Inca, left the city of Cusco to take shelter in the cities of the Vilcabamba region, when around the year 1535 Cusco was besieged by the Spanish people. It was in this place (and in general in the entire Vilcabamba valley) that Manco and the other Incas of Vilcabamba resisted the onslaught of the Spanish, until the capture and execution of T\u00fapac Amaru I in 1572.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E. Duffait indicates that both Choquequirao and Machu Picchu were the personal royal residences of the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, which symbolized his power and acquired all their symbolic significance and importance after the death of the sovereign. His main function was to perpetuate his memory and understand the needs of the different members of his lineage, for the products that were made there. Thus, both sites had a highly ritual role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References in colonial times<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first written reference to Choquequirao dates from the year 1768 and its author was Cosme Bueno, however the documentation was posted sideways and forgotten by the authorities and the general public. In 1790, Pablo Jos\u00e9 Origa\u00edn mentions in his \u00abCompendium of Geographic News of Cuzco\u00bb a city that has been depopulated since ancient times with the name of Choqequirau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restoration of C<\/strong>hoquequirao <\/strong>A<\/strong>rchaeological <\/strong>P<\/strong>ark <\/strong>in P<\/strong>eru<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Former President of the Republic Pedro Pablo Kuczynski visiting the area where the Choquequirao cable car will be built to boost national and international tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1834, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Tejada (prefect of Cusco) travels to the citadel attracted by the legends about treasures in Vilcabamba; likewise in 1837, Leonce Angrand mapped the place for the first time, but his maps were also forgotten. It was not until 1909, the year that archaeologist Hiram Bingham and surveyor Clarence Hay (both Americans) visited Choquequirao and produced a detailed description of the site, that the citadel gained greater attention from archaeologists, the government, and tourists.10 The first excavations began several decades after Bingham’s visit, around 1970; likewise, it was not until 1986, that the Peruvian government began the restoration work that made it possible<\/strong>, just some time ago, for people to reach the Inca city of Choquequirao, following in the footsteps of Bingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, it is estimated that only 30% of the complex, which comprises some 1,810 hectares, has been unearthed and put into operation as a tourist area; The restoration was expected to be completed in 2011, taking even longer to study and understand its historical legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the architecture like in Choquequirao?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao has numerous Inca buildings<\/strong>. However, currently only 30% of its entire area has been excavated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its most important buildings are made of quartzite, cut in great detail. The rest of the walls are made of raw stone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These walls were covered with clay both inside and out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walls of Choquequirao Ruins are believed to have been painted light orange.<\/strong> Although in reality there are few structures that continue with this coating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to see in Choquequirao Ruins<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ancient city of Choquequirao has two main squares, temples, fountains, canals, workshops, warehouses, elite residences and more common ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremonial center of Choquequirao is a large platform that can only be reached through a double jamb door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest buildings in the area are the colcas (warehouses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Machu Picchu, Choquequirao Ruins<\/strong> has structures that mark solar events such as solstices and equinoxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/strong>hoquequirao <\/strong>A<\/strong>ltitude<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao is located at an altitude of 3,033 meters above sea level (9,951 ft).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao<\/strong> is located between the jungle and the Peruvian Andes, and it has a great peculiarity: it can only be accessed by walking, on a 62-kilometer round-trip route<\/strong> and with descents and ascents of an elevation from the 1,400 meters above sea level (4,593 ft) to an elevation of 3,100 meters above sea level ( 10,170 ft) and vice versa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H<\/strong>ow to pronounce <\/strong>C<\/strong>hoquequirao<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To help you with the correct pronunciation<\/strong> of the word \u201cC<\/strong>hoquequirao<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong>, here\u2019s a breakdown of the word Choquequirao how to say it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sha-kay-ka-row<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice how the \u201cCho-\u201d part changed to \u201cSha-\u201d? And how \u201c-rao\u201d changed to \u201c-row\u201d? This is all due to the pronunciation being derived from the indigenous language of Quechua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choquequirao Pronunciation Audio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n