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Cusco Historic - The "Middle Of The World" In The Andes

In The Majestic Empire Of The Incas Lake titicaca is the place wherefrom it is said that arised Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo , as the founding couple who, after having walked accompanied by their suite, sunk a golden scepter on Mount Wanacaure, situated South of Cusco, at an altitude of 4,089 ma.s.l. Legends tell that the foundation of Cusco started there. According to the chronicles, since about 1200, there were fourteen Inkas who dominated the Huatanay River Valley in which is presently erected the city of Cusco and constituted the territory of the Tawantinsuyo (tawaintisuyo) in less than two centuries. The greatness of the Imperial Cusco came about with the inca pachacuteq (9no Inka), as it did not correspond to t he size of the city, but rather to the extension and expansion of its territories. After the defeat of the Chancas, the inkas defeated their worst enemies, thus easing their way in the conquest of all the cultural groups who existed at the time, in the Southern part o