Ñusta Hispana Ñusta Ispanan (also written ''Ñusta Ispana''), previously known as Chuquipalta (possibly from Quechua ''chuqi'' precious metal, ''p'allta''
plane
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) is an archaeological site in
Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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La Convención Province
La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that promin ...
, Cusco Region.
A carved rock on the site is known as ''Yurac Rumi'' (White Rock).
Hiram Bingham III
Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. He made public the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Later, Bingham s ...
discovered the site on 9 Aug. 1911. Bingham noted that the
Augustinian monk
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s
Friar
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Marcos and Friar Diego, led their converted natives in burning down the Temple of the Sun, and scorching the rock itself, when
Titu Cusi
''Don'' Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui (; Quechua: ''Titu Kusi Yupanki'' ; 1529–1571) was an Inca ruler of Vilcabamba and the penultimate leader of the Neo-Inca State. He was a son of Manco Inca Yupanqui, He was crowned in 1563, after the ...
was absent.
Images
Ñusta Hispana Archaeological site - bath.jpg, Bath at Ñusta Hispana
Ñusta Hispana Archaeological site - nine seats.jpg, Nine seats beside Yurac Rumi
INC Sign Nusta Hispana.jpg, Sign at Ñusta Hispana
See also
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Vitcos
Vitcos was a residence of Inca nobles and a ceremonial center of the Neo-Inca State (1537-1572). The archaeological site of ancient Vitcos, called Rosaspata, is in the Vilcabamba District of La Convención Province, Cusco Region in Peru. The ru ...