SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
Vilcabamba/ Espíritu Pampa

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© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Vilcabamba/ Espíritu Pampa, Peru. The 'lost' city of the Incas. Here some Spanish tiles were stacked near a wall. One of the curiosities of the site are these scattered tiles. They are not seen in any other Inca site but perhaps can be explained by one of the Spanish 16th century chronicles which described a Vilcabamba palace on different levels' covered in roof tiles...'

 

 

 

 


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