Amazing Ecuador ( part 3 )
Dear Steemians,
here is the next leg of my journey through Ecuador. After visiting Guyaquil, and having a long by hours, but actually short by distance trip to Canar, that is major Municipal city in the area of Cuenca, next day I decided to drive to the ancient city of Ingapirca.
Ingapirca - the ruins of an Ancient Inca settlement is located on the top of a high hill in the South Andes of Ecuador, 30 km to the East of Canar. The name has Quechua origins and means "Fortress of the Incas".
Some history I got to know about the city.
Before the arrival of the Incas, native Canary people lived in this territory. The Incas did not come here until the end of the 15th century. The struggle for Ingapirca lasted several years. In the end, the Canaries surrendered. Surprisingly, after fierce bloody battles, the winners allowed the Canary to continue to live in these lands.
This was the first place in Ecuador, where I saw llamas. To be honest I thought there should be everywhere llamas in the high mountains, like cows in Bulgaria, but unfortunately the numbers of them are being diminished over the last decades...
Parking lot outside of the ruins.There were many visitors, but on my pics I am showing less crowded places.
There is a small museum right at the gate to the ruins. You can see many artifacts, paintings and sculptures here. I bought a Travel Guide, where I read a lot of interesting info about the Canary people and their culture.
One of my favorite pics. Meadows with the llamas, and on the background you can see the ruins.
The main attraction are the ruins of the Temple of the Sun - the majestic construction of a regular elliptical shape. Temple of the Sun is built in such a way, that during the spring and autumn solstice at a certain time of day, sunlight falls directly into the center of the main door.
A distinctive feature of the buildings, erected by the Incas, is the masonry without the use of a fastening mortar. The stones were processed and adjusted to each other so accurately that even a blade of a knife could not be pierced between them!!!
Citing some info from the Travel Guide, I bought here: After the conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spaniards, Ingapirca was half destroyed and left abandoned until the Ecuadorian government began the process of its restoration in the middle of the twentieth century. Ruins were opened for tourists in 1966.
That's me at the top of the Fortress next to the Temple of the Sun :)
Hope you enjoyed my pics, next week there will be the next and the last part of my trip to Ecuador!!!
In case you missed the first two parts, you can check it here:
How lucky you are to travel through Ecuador. Thank you for showing us a bit of the country.
I would have expect that animals would run away if you would be coming close to them. But these llamas seem to be very relaxed and enjoying their lunch I guess.
The old cultures were great architects. They could build huge temples just with hands unlike us nowadays :)
It's an interesting information about sunlight falling directly into the center of the main door. It makes me wonder how they did it.
Thank you for the informative article and beautiful pictures!
Hi @delishtreats! I want to thank you for your detailed comment. The llamas are not wild, I would say they are domesticated in South America, so they do not show any sign of fear.
The Inca civilization placed a great importance on astronomy. They were kind of Experts:) They were the only culture in the world to define constellations of both light and darkness. So that is why I was not surprised of what they have built.
Thank you one more time, I wish you to visit Ecuador, have a nice time over there and take pics even better than mine.
Yani
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@kimmejucken, thank you very much for liking my pics!
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@yanipetkov, it seems to me that you had a very nice trip!
Hi @cryptospa, It was an amazing trip with everlasting memories!
wow very beautiful photography
Thank you very much! Ecuador is very beautiful indeed!
What an adventure! The photos are so clear and nice.
Thanks @kaiks! There will be next week one more post about my trip. Was using Nikon D3100.
Wow, you're lucky you have DSLR. I wish oneday, I'll have mine too. It's because I'm still studying, can't afford 😂.
Enjoy your trip :)
If you set a goal, everything is achievable! Wish you a good luck, and will be more than happy to see your post with many beautiful pics, taken on your new camera!
Thank you very much! Looking forward on your next trip. Wish you good luck in life :)
Enjoy!
Thank you @kaiks!
welcome :)
I really like the fifth image, it has a certain charm.
I’ve been wanting to visit Ecuador for some time now.
Seems that you had a good time 😌
Hi @planetus! I have checked your blogs, congrats, your stories are easy to read and the pics are just...woow excellent! Ecuador is worth to visit, I saw you have been to Peru, Bolivia, but I guess Ecuador is lush in greenery as the climate in the high mountains should be warmer comparing to the other countries to South of the Andes.
Thanks for your comment!