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                                       Inca Site Ingapirca



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Ingapirca is Ecuador's only major Inca site with a building intact, the so-called Temple of the Sun or Castillo, which was erected in an eliptical form, coinciding with the movement of the sun. This complex was mostly a ceremonial site, used for worship and astronomy, which were one in the Inca's world concept and it is known that the great Inca emperor Huayna Capac, himself spent time there. It is built upon an older Cañari site. The Cañari nation was conquered by the Incas after a long and hard fight in the 1470's.






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