It is said that Cusco was designed after the shape of a puma. The head was supposedly formed
by the cermonial center Saqsaywaman where the fortress walls represented the teeth and the
tower (no longer standing) was the eye.
Who knows? There are however streets named "Arco iris" and "Puma curco"...


Plaza De Armas.

Remains of a magnificent Inca wall.
Saqsaywaman.
The "teeth"...
BIG stone with 11 corners that fit perfectly!
The teeth again.
In the "eye".

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