It is said that Cusco was designed after a the shape of a lying puma. The head was supposedly
formed by the cermonial center Saqsaywaman where the fortress walls represented the teeth and
the tower (no longer standing) was the eye.
Who knows? There are however streets named "Arco iris" and "Puma curco"...



Plaza De Armas.


Remains of a magnificent Inca wall.

Saqsaywaman.

The "teeth"...
BIG stone with 11 corners that fit perfectly!

The teeth again.
In the "eye".

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