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Location: Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru

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Matto

April 21, 2024

The word Qenqo comes from Quechua and means "labyrinth"

There are several statements about its purpose and the most accurate is that the place would have served as an amphitheater because of its semicircular construction, it could also be an altar, a court, in short, there are many opinions about the function that this place fulfills

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Björn

April 21, 2021

Qenko 'or Kenko (also Q'enqo) is an archaeological site in Peru near the city of Cusco. It served as a sanctuary for the Inca culture. The name comes from the Quechua word "Q'inqu" and means "labyrinth" or "the twisted one"

The place is a few kilometers from the Inca capital Cusco on the road to Písac. [4]

The site was built around a 5 m high stone block, which was believed to represent a puma. The stone block was beheaded or badly damaged during the conquest by the Spanish conquistadors. A kind of amphitheater with niches and a terrace were built around this natural monolith. A zigzag-shaped stone channel was carved into the limestone formation next to it, into which drink or blood offerings were probably poured. The channel disappears into an underground room with an altar and further niches or seats carved into the stone, which can be reached through a narrow gap in the rock. The zigzag channel and the underground rooms have given the site the Quechua name Q’inqu for “labyrinth” or “the winding one”, which was then passed on by the Spanish as Qenko / Qenqo / Kenko. Reliefs of animals are engraved on the outside of the limestone rock. Also on top of the limestone formation near the stone channel are two approximately 20 cm high cylindrical stone steles.

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Peter Franken

April 21, 2024

Take an Uber up to the entrance, if you start there you can walk all the way down, it's a very pleasant walk. Afterwards, be sure to visit Sancris.

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Location: Cusco, Cusco, Cusco, Peru

Qenko Archaeological Site

1. Plaza de Armas of Cusco – Cusco Cathedral loop from San Pedro

2. Cusco Cathedral – Plaza de Armas of Cusco loop from San Pedro

3. Plaza de Armas of Cusco – Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun) loop from San Pedro

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