There are a lot of different routes that lead us to our wonderful Machu Picchu, but there is an ancestral path considered an authentic inca trail which deserves to be showed worldwide due to its natural and cultural richness, nowadays it is protected and considered part of Machu Picchu ...
Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo, this is the way to pronuncce "oy-yan-tie-tahm-bo" or you want to use the short form is OLLANTA”. It was named for Ollantay, the Inca general who expanded the frontiers of Tawantinsuyo as far noth as Colombia and as far south as argentina during the reign of the Inca Pachacutec. The general asked for the hand of the emperor's daughter, a request Pachacutec refused. He accomplished though Ollantay and he was still a commoner. The general rebelled against the ruler and was imprisoned. Ollantay's love may have met a bad end. But yours will not when you glimpse the stone streets and houses, mountain scenery some of the most lush territory in the Valley, and great ruins.
Ollantaytambo Village is called "Live Incan City", because its citizens maintain alive very ancient habits and customs.
FORTRESS OF OLLANTAYTAMBO
Walking by the formidable stone structure where massive agriculture terraces climb to the top that is Ollantaytambo, this Inca site is the main defense of the Amazon tribes from the rain forests areas. Construction began during the reign of Pachacutec but was never completed.
The pink granite rocks color was used to make the bigest walls on top of the hill of Ollantaytambo, and this was not mined by the Sacred Valley. The elaborate complex Trail to transporta the huge pieces of this rocks to build a temple to the sun, used for astronomical observation, as well as the Baños de la Ñusta (ceremonial princess baths), leading archaeologists to believe that Ollantaytambo existed for more than defensive purposes.
Ollantaytambo was the site of the greatest Inca victory over the pre incan tribes and Spanish invasion during the wars of 15 century. The Manco Inca fought here in 1536 with a contingent of troops after destroyed Sacsayhuaman and lead by Spanish Hernando Pizarro. The victory was short-lived: Pizarro helped and took the fortress.
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