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CHOQUEQUIRAO
Choquequirao means "cradle of gold"
in Quechua although this is probably
not its original Inca name. It is
another "lost city of the Incas"
located high on a ridge spur almost
1750m above the raging glacier-fed
Apurimac River and surrounded by
towering snow-capped peaks.
The US explorer Gary Ziegler
suggests that Choquequirao may have
been the place where the last Inca,
Tupac Amaru, was raised among Inca
Priestesses. The abundance of many
double jamb doorways and niches
indicates that the place was held in
high status.
The ruins were first visited and
described to the western world by a
French explorer during the 18th
century. Hiram Bingham visited the
site in 1910. This was his first
experience of "lost cities" prior to
his discovery of Machu Picchu in
1911. The remoteness and
inaccessibility have discouraged
visitors until fairly recently when
COPESCO constructed a footbridge
over the Apurimac River below the
ruins. Even today the ruins are
still rarely visited although, with
the enforcement of new regulations
on the Inca Trail, Choquequirao is
destined to replace the traditional
hike as the serious trekkers
alternative
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