Usnu, Ayacucho

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Coordinates: 13°39′10″S 73°57′18″W / 13.6527°S 73.9551°W / -13.6527; -73.9551
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This article is about the archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region, Peru. For other uses, see Usnu (disambiguation).
Usnu
Ayacucho Region, Vilcas Huamán Province
RegionAndes
Coordinates13°39′10″S 73°57′18″W / 13.6527°S 73.9551°W / -13.6527; -73.9551

Usnu (

Ayacucho Region, Vilcas Huamán Province, Vilcas Huamán District, in the town Vilcashuamán.[3] The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru on April 11, 2000.[3]

Leon states Vilcas was a principal and very important place in the Incan kingdom. "There were beautiful buildings and a temple with great wealth." The natives, "burned the most important of them and removed the sacred women and treasures so that the Spaniards could not take advantage of them. Two royal highways, if not three, lead from this [place] that they call Vilcas."[4]: 287 

References

  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005
  3. ^ a b mincetur.gob.pe "Ushno", pirámide ceremonial, retrieved on January 31, 2014
  4. ISBN 9780822321460
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