Amaru Marka Wasi, Amarumarcahuasi or Amaromarcaguaci also known as (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''amaru'' snake, ''marka'' village, ''wasi'' house)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) hispanicized and mixed spellings '', Amarumarkahuasi, Amaru Markahuasi''), Salunniyuq ''(Salonniyoq, Salonniyuq)'', Salunpunku ''(Salonpunku)'', Laqu, Laq'u ''(Lacco, Lago)'', or Templo de la Luna (''Temple of the Moon'') is an archaeological site in

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. It is situated in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

Cusco Province Cusco Province is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into eight distri ...

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, north of the city of

Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m ...

. It lies east of the archaeological site of

Sacsayhuamán Sacsayhuamán, which can be spelled many different ways (possibly from Quechua language, ''waman'' falcon or variable hawk), is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The com ...

and south of Tambomachay and

Puka Pukara Puka Pukara (Quechua ''puka'' red, ''pukara'' fortress, "red fortress",Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 hispanicized spellings ''Pucapucara, Puca Pucara, Puca Puca ...

, near

Qenko Q'enqo, Qenko, Kenko, or Quenco (all from Quechua for "zig-zag")Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in the ...

. This site named Amaru Marka Wasi was possibly the former residence of Amaru Yupanqui, also known as Amaro Tupac, the eldest son of Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki.Paul Richard Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology, Santa Barbara, California, 2004, p. 98

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