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12 Angles of Ancestry<\/p><\/div>\n

Twelve-angled stone is located on Hatun Rumiyoq street (which means big stone in Quechua). It belongs to a building where the Archbishop Palace and the Museum of Religious Art are currently located in Cusco.<\/p>\n

What is its history?<\/h2>\n

It is a stone embedded in an Inca wall, with twelve angles that fit precisely with the other rocks of its environment.\u00a0Twelve-angled stone is considered one of the most representative figures of perfection.<\/p>\n

For this reason that this stone has become a historical element. This stone represents the technology of the Incas and puts you in awe of their knowledge due to the construction of anti-seismic structures. In the same way, it is said that this stone represents the division of 24 families: 12 families in the Hurin Cusco and 12 families in the Hanan Cusco. Its meaning is as significant as the rosetta stone, the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Statue of Liberty, or the Eiffel Tower, among others, thanks to this everyone that visit Cusco strives to get the best photograph next to this mighty stone.<\/p>\n

Characteristics:<\/h2>\n
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  • The stone reaches up to two meters deep and weighs six tons.<\/li>\n
  • Some architects state that, if the stone were removed, the wall of the Museum of Religious Art (the Archbishop Palace) built over the palace of Inca Sinchi Roca, would collapse,<\/li>\n
  • Diorite greenstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n