Sacsayhuaman, Peru.

If the Incas designed Cusco in the shape of a puma, then Sacsayhuaman represents its ferocious head. It is thought that the construction of the site began in the 1440. It’s though that 20,000 workers were needed for the Sacsayhuaman’s construction, cutting the astonishingly massive limestone, diorite, and andesite blocks – the largest is 361 tons- rolling them to the site, and assembling them in traditional Inca style to achieve a perfect fit without mortar. From its strategic position high above Cusco, it was excellently placed to defend the city, and its zigzag walls and cross-fire parapets allowed defenders to rain destruction on attackers from two sides. Some tour guides say that the zigzag walls remind and symbolize the puma’s 21 teeth. Now we can only see the ruins. The fortress was destroyed by conquering Spanish, who knock down Sacsayhuaman and built from its stones the Catholic churches in Cusco.

Teh local people dressed into traditional clothes were hunting the group all over the sighting place offering take pictures for a couple of soles, but the people were very friendly.