Sacsahuaman
1975
Archaeologists tell us that the walls of Sacsahuaman rose ten feet higher
than their remnants. That additional ten feet of stones supplied the building
materials for the cathedrals and casas of the conquistadors.
It is generally conceded that these stones were much smaller than those lithic
monsters that remain.
Perhaps the upper part of the walls, constructed of small, regularly-shaped
stones was the only part of Sacsahuaman that was built by the Incas and "finished
in 1508." This could explain why no one at the time of the conquest seemed
to know how those mighty walls were built.
Detour: Panorama photograph of Sacsahuaman
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