On its main plaza there are 12 niches where probable put mommies or deities during sacred or activities, at the background is the colonial church (we will talk about this after) walking by the left side get into where the terraces are, and notice that here there are a lot of them that is why this town was very important during Inka times by the altitude where it is, mainly for potatoes, here there is another plaza that maybe was for carry out important ceremonies that is why in front there are the remains of some Inka palaces that according to the Spanish mission that came here to study about Chinchero they mention that the palaces of Chinchero (the post impotents) where build during the period of Inka Pachaquteq.
Here also is a good place where you can see one characteristic of the Inka’s architecture similar to those that are in Saqsayhuaman, at the back there are also terraces that were build on the mountain hillside because here it is like small valley and has a different kind of climate, and are build taking advantage the geography of the zone, Chinchero is a town where we can see some Wakas or shrines that are from Inka times, their original names are lost just now we have some names that could or not be the original during the Inkas time, the first is known as the Tete Qaqa, Tete means stone and Qaqa means mother rock, it is a limestone outcrop where on the top we can see some carved on the rock in shapes oh ceremonial tables, altars, and there is one that have the shape on a snake that is destroyed, the second is some meter away and is known as Chincana Q’aqa, Chincana means where you get lost and Q’aqa means mother rock, that have some carved on the rock and some stairs, and at the base there are some niches with a water channel near, where probable was a place to adore the sacred live element, walking some meters up there is special carved rock that on its face has stairs designs and on the top there many sacred altars, walking up again you will arrive to a place that is a natural outcrop of pieces of rock, with altars and at the base there is a special design that represent to the three sacred animal for the Inkas, the Puma, the Amaru and the Kuntur, all of them are trying to get into to the Pacha Mama, representing that they are connecting the three celestial worlds the Ukju Pacha, the Kay Pacha and the Hanan Pacha, walking up near to the church there is another Waka known as the Puma Q’aqa, Puma is the name of the animal and Q’aqa means mother rock, here on the top there are the images of two pumas with the heads mutilated by the idolatry extirpation, with some altar, and under this Waka there are 4 niches that probable were to put into some mommies, because it is not so usually to see niches under or very close to a Waka.
Here also is a good place where you can see one characteristic of the Inka’s architecture similar to those that are in Saqsayhuaman, at the back there are also terraces that were build on the mountain hillside because here it is like small valley and has a different kind of climate, and are build taking advantage the geography of the zone, Chinchero is a town where we can see some Wakas or shrines that are from Inka times, their original names are lost just now we have some names that could or not be the original during the Inkas time, the first is known as the Tete Qaqa, Tete means stone and Qaqa means mother rock, it is a limestone outcrop where on the top we can see some carved on the rock in shapes oh ceremonial tables, altars, and there is one that have the shape on a snake that is destroyed, the second is some meter away and is known as Chincana Q’aqa, Chincana means where you get lost and Q’aqa means mother rock, that have some carved on the rock and some stairs, and at the base there are some niches with a water channel near, where probable was a place to adore the sacred live element, walking some meters up there is special carved rock that on its face has stairs designs and on the top there many sacred altars, walking up again you will arrive to a place that is a natural outcrop of pieces of rock, with altars and at the base there is a special design that represent to the three sacred animal for the Inkas, the Puma, the Amaru and the Kuntur, all of them are trying to get into to the Pacha Mama, representing that they are connecting the three celestial worlds the Ukju Pacha, the Kay Pacha and the Hanan Pacha, walking up near to the church there is another Waka known as the Puma Q’aqa, Puma is the name of the animal and Q’aqa means mother rock, here on the top there are the images of two pumas with the heads mutilated by the idolatry extirpation, with some altar, and under this Waka there are 4 niches that probable were to put into some mommies, because it is not so usually to see niches under or very close to a Waka.
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