Runkuraqay or Runku Raqay (
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 ...
''runku'' basket, ''raqay'' shed / derelict house / ruin)
[Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] is an archaeological site on a mountain of the same name in
Peru
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located in the
Cusco Region,
Urubamba Province
Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Geography
The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención Province, to the east by the Calca Province, to the south by the Cusco ...
,
Machupicchu District. It is situated southeast of the archaeological site
Machu Picchu and south of the
Vilcanota river.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region) showing the location of the mountain Runkuraqay] The ruins lie on the southern slope of the mountain Runkuraqay near the Runkuraqay pass, northeast of the archaeological site
Sayacmarca and southeast of the site
Qunchamarka.
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 ...
visited the site in April 1915.
Paul Fejos visited in 1940.
Gallery
File:Wayllabamba Puesto de Vigilancia sign.jpg, Location of Runkuraqay as shown on a sign near Willkaraqay
File:Camino-inca-dia2-c09.jpg, At the Runkuraqay pass
See also
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Inti Punku
Inti Punku or Intipunku ( Quechua ''inti'' sun, ''punku'' door, "sun gate", Hispanicized spellings ''Intipunco, Intipuncu, Inti Puncu'') is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru that was once a fortress of the sacred city, Machu Picc ...
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Patallaqta
Patallacta (possibly from Quechua ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation), "settlement on a platform" pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata or Q'ente ...
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Phuyupatamarka
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Warmi Wañusqa
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Willkaraqay
References and notes
{{Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in Peru
Mountains of Peru
Archaeological sites in Cusco Region
Inca
Mountains of Cusco Region
Landforms of Cusco Region
Mountain passes of Peru