Machupicchu, Peru
Patallacta
Patallacta (possibly from Quechua pata elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank, shore, llaqta place, "settlement on a platform" pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata or Q'ente Marka is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated southeast of the site Machu Picchu, at the confluence of the rivers Cusichaca and Vilcanota on a mountain named Patallacta. On his way to Machu Picchu Hiram Bingham, discoverer of many Incan sites, passed Patallacta, sometimes given the name of Llaqtapata as evidenced by the photograph of a sign from a check-point along the Inca trail.
- City
- Machupicchu
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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