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    Vilcabamba (in Hispanicized spelling) or Willkapampa (Aymara and Quechua), often called the Lost City of the Incas, is a lost city in the Echarate District...
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    The Neo-Inca State, also known as the Neo-Inca state of Vilcabamba, was the Inca state established in 1537 at Vilcabamba by Manco Inca Yupanqui (the son...
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    Inti nominated the one who should assume the Inca position. Eventually, with the passage of time, Incas named their favorite son as co-governor with the...
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    1515 – 1544) (Manco Inca Yupanqui in Spanish) was the founder and monarch (Sapa Inca) of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although he was originally...
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    970 ft). Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within...
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    Vilcabamba is a village in the southern region of Ecuador, in Loja Province, about 45 km (28 mi) from the city of Loja. The name ‘Vilcabamba’ apparently...
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  • Thumbnail for History of the Incas
    The Incas were most notable for establishing the Inca Empire which was centered in modern-day South America in Peru and Chile. It was about 4,000 kilometres...
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    Túpac Amaru (category 16th-century Sapa Incas)
    in Vilcabamba in 1540. After a Spanish attack in 1544 in which Manco Inca Yupanqui was killed, his son Sayri Tupac assumed the title of Sapa Inca (emperor...
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    Empire of the Incas, they gave the name "Peru" to what the natives knew as Tawantinsuyu. The name "Inca Empire" (Imperio de los Incas) originated from...
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    devastating, and the shocked Incas offered such feeble resistance that the battle has often been labeled a massacre, with the 2,000 Incas slain and the Spanish...
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    Vitcos (category Inca)
    and Vilcabamba. Vitcos was often the residence of the rulers of the Neo-Inca state until the Spanish conquest of this last stronghold of the Incas in 1572...
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    Explore the Inca Trail, p. 50 Elorrieta Salazar, Fernando E. & Elorrieta Salazar, Edgar (2005) Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, page 123...
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  • D'Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, pp. 86–89, 111, 154–155 Moseley, Michael E. (2004). The Incas and their Ancestors (revised...
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    State in Vilcabamba. He was the son of Huayna Capac: 95  and half brother of Ninan Cuyochi, Huáscar, Atahualpa, Túpac Huallpa and Manco Inca Yupanqui...
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    Sayri Túpac (category 16th-century Sapa Incas)
    the ruler of the Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba. He ruled until his death in 1560. Sayri Tupac's father Manco, the last ruling Inca emperor, had attempted...
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    Empire, the Neo-Inca state, and the Inca religion. In May 1571, Titu Cusi died suddenly. The Incas in Vilcabamba blamed a Catholic priest for his death...
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    Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded...
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    the Incas (Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas; Quechua: Willka Qhichwa), or the Urubamba Valley, is a valley in the Andes of Peru, north of the Inca capital...
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  • Thumbnail for Inca army
    the Inca Empire, the army was mainly formed of ethnic Inca troops. Later on, however, only the officers and imperial guards were Incas (the Incas were...
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    Salcantay, Salkantay or Sallqantay (in Quechua) is the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range, part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco...
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    Cusi Huarcay (category Inca royal consorts)
    accompanied her husband-brother Sayri Túpac from Vilcabamba to Spanish controlled territory in 1556. Garcilaso de la Vega described her as extremely beautiful...
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  • of the story is taken from Vilcabamba, Peru, the capital of the Neo-Inca State and the last outpost maintained by the Incas before it was completely crushed...
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    Antisuyu (category Subdivisions of the Inca Empire)
    Lari, whose people were “Incas by privilege” Machiguenga Omasayo or Umasuyu Paucartambo or Pawqartampu Piro Shipibo Vilcabamba or Willkapampa Amazon Rainforest...
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    The Vilcabamba mountain range is located in the region of Cusco, Peru, in the provinces of Anta, La Convención and Urubamba. It extends between 13°10'...
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    13°03′50″S 72°56′02″W / 13.064°S 72.934°W / -13.064; -72.934 Vilcabamba District is one of fourteen districts of the La Convención Province in the Cusco...
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    ramparts of a massive citadel, the Incas never retreated here to defend their empire against the Spaniards. When Manco Inca rebelled against the Spanish in...
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    establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru, as well as the resistance of the Incas of Vilcabamba, that culminated in the execution of the last of them, Túpac Amaru...
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    1200 BC, and occupied until around 400–500 BC by the Chavín, a major pre-Inca culture. The site is located in the Ancash Region, 434 kilometers (270 mi)...
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  • Incas (emperors) in public or private places, including homes, were ordered to be destroyed Plays or other public functions commemorating the Incas were...
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    Titu Cusi (category 16th-century Sapa Incas)
    jʊˈpæŋkɪ]) (1529 – 1571) was an Inca ruler of Vilcabamba and the penultimate leader of the Neo-Inca State. He was a son of Manco Inca Yupanqui, He was crowned...
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