{"id":2367,"date":"2019-11-27T12:36:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:28:28","slug":"chinchero-archeological-site-a-living-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/chinchero-archeological-site-a-living-culture","title":{"rendered":"Chinchero Archeological Site &#8211; a living culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinchero Archeological site has terraces that were designed by the Incas. These terraces are in the form of a trapezoid. On these terraces, they cultivated very nutritious crops such as Quinoa, Kiwicha, and seeds that provided lots of energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The archeological site of Chinchero gives visitors a better understanding of how vital this area was to agricultural production. Food storehouses and a highly efficient irrigation system show the genius of this culture that it is difficult to imitate today.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2354\" style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2354\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Parque-Arqueologico-de-Chinchero.webp\" alt=\"Centro Arqueol\u00f3gico de Chinchero - Cultura viva\" width=\"870\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>The Archeological site of Chinchero<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h4><b>Location:<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinchero is also known as the city of the Rainbow and it is located 28 km. northwest of Cusco at an altitude of 3,762 m.a.s.l. It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains: Salkantay, Ver\u00f3nica and Soray. It is also close to lagoons: Piuray and Huaypo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their ancient traditions have been passed down from generation to generation, so the spirit of the Incas survives here in Chinchero to this day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people of Chinchero are proud of their traditions. They work together (Ayllu) and they still dress in their colorful clothes, they keep their devotion to their deities, and they love their neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/sacred-valley-tour-private-service\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\"><b>Inkayni Peru Tours<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has designed a perfect tour to enjoy this beautiful town Chinchero and the Sacred Valley: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/sacred-valley-tour-private-service\" data-wpel-link=\"exclude\"><b>Sacred Valley Tour \u2013 Private Service.<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3505230926454944\" data-ad-slot=\"3247790964\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4><b>Inkayni History information about Chinchero:<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historians say that ruler Inca T\u00fapac Yupanqui had a residence in Chinchero, sometime in the 1480s. He ordered the construction of baths, temples where the town is today. It is said that the ruler was killed here, perhaps poisoned by his mistress, Mama Ocllo. Some believe that Chinchero was a sort of \u00abvacation spot\u00bb of Inca T\u00fapac Yupanqui, where the great Inca periodically retreated for relaxation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story goes that with the arrival of the Spaniards, Chinchero was burned in 1536 by Manco Inca, in his escape to Vilcabamba, in order not to leave anything for the arriving Spanish conquistadors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The most outstanding colors in their traditional costumes are red and black with beautiful designs that appear to be made by the Gods, they are so finely made. It is nice to see women braids as well as their lovely <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">red circular hats<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinchero is a place filled with many traditions. One is the famous system of traditional authorities known as \u201cvarayoc\u201d or rod. It symbolizes the highest authority in the town.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Watch this video:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NjZZ1w-tusE\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong><b>What can you see?<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the archeological site you can find:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This important park reaches an extension of 43 Hectare. It was formerly inhabited by the Killke culture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a collection of architectural spaces: pre-Columbian walls, enclosures, platforms, staircases, and altars<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The historic center of Chinchero is also considered unique because it mixes an archaeological complex and a town made from Inca foundations and walls, with a population that has maintained its ancestral customs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the main plaza, there is an adobe colonial church, dating from the early seventeenth century. It has been built upon the foundations of an Inca temple or palace. The ceiling and walls are covered in beautiful floral and religious designs. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diego Quispe Tito\u2019s paintings are displayed here.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Llama..webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<h4><b>Opening hours:<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday to Sunday: 7:00 am to 18:00 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrance fee included in the Tourist Ticket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tejido-chinchero-1.webp\" alt=\"Chinchero y el mejor tejido\" width=\"870\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>Chinchero woman weaver.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><b><i>\u201cOne&#8217;s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.\u201d<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i><\/h4>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Henry Miller<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinchero Archeological site has terraces that were designed by the Incas. These terraces are in the form of a trapezoid. On these terraces, they cultivated very nutritious crops such as Quinoa, Kiwicha, and seeds that provided lots of energy.\u00a0 The archeological site of Chinchero gives visitors a better understanding of how vital this area was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1576,5,3,20],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[624],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-andean-culture","category-other-treks","category-peru-travel-tips","category-travelers-around-the-world","author-adminbloginkayni-en"],"acf":[],"views":9915,"authors":[{"term_id":624,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"adminbloginkayni-en","display_name":"adminbloginkayni","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14327,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions\/14327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkayniperutours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}