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The Temple of the Sun — Attraction in Machu Picchu

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The Temple of the Sun
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Machu Picchu
08680, Peru
Temple of the Three Windows
Cam. Inca, 08680, Peru
Machu Picchu Center
Storage, Unnamed Road, Aguas Calientes, Peru
Sacred Rock at Machu Picchu
RFQ3+7MX, Cusco 08680, Peru
Intihuatana
Sendero a Huayna Picchu, 08680, Peru
National Archaeological Park Of Machu Picchu
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Huchuy Picchu
Peru, Aguas Calientes, Unnamed Road
Nearby restaurants
Restaurante Tinkuy Buffet Restaurant at Sanctuary Lodge
Carretera Hiram Bingham km. 7.5, Aguas Calientes 08681, Peru
Tampu Restaurant at Sanctuary Lodge
Carretera Hiram Bingham Km 7.5, Aguas Calientes 08680, Peru
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Sanctuary Lodge, A Belmond Hotel, Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu, Carretera Hiram Bingham Km 7.5, 08680, Peru
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The Temple of the Sun

RFP4+84P, Aguas Calientes 08680, Peru
4.9(45)
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attractions: Machu Picchu, Temple of the Three Windows, Machu Picchu Center, Sacred Rock at Machu Picchu, Intihuatana, National Archaeological Park Of Machu Picchu, Huchuy Picchu, restaurants: Restaurante Tinkuy Buffet Restaurant at Sanctuary Lodge, Tampu Restaurant at Sanctuary Lodge
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Steve FungSteve Fung
The semicircular Temple of the Sun, also known as the Torreon, is the only structure in Machu Picchu with a curved wall, constructed on a natural rock formation, partially encircling its top with the finest Inca ashlar masonry in Machu Picchu. On June 21 of each year (winter solstice), sunlight passing through the eastern window of the temple strikes a straight ledge of the protected sacred rock, marking the start of winter. Directly underneath the Temple of the Sun is the Royal Mausoleum, which is a natural cave with carved stepped stones and hourglass-shaped masonry at its entrance merging with the surrounding natural rock formation. Despite its name by Hiram Bingham, the Royal Mausoleum may be a temple to Pachamama (Mother Earth), as opposed to the temple to Inti (Father Sun) above. Other accounts mention the Royal Mausoleum may have once housed the mummified remains of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, and a golden statue resembling the Sapa Inca was placed on top of the tomb in the Temple of the Sun above, to be worshiped through the Enigmatic Window in the north wall of the temple. Both the mummy and the golden statue have since been lost, although several accounts from chroniclers mention that the mummy of Pachacuti was eventually moved to and last seen in the spaces of the Hospital Real de San Andrés in Lima, Peru circa 1560.
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Es una edificación semicircular dedicada al Dios Sol, fue erigida sobre una enorme roca sólida en el sector religioso, debajo de la Roca solida se encuentra una cueva natural que también fue tallada y adecuada para que sea una tumba real. En la parte central del interior del templo de Sol existe una piedra tallada que sirvió de adoratorio al Sol, también se puede apreciar dos ventanas, una mirando hacia el oeste y la otra ventana mirando al norte, según los estudios realizados en el siglo XX, las ventanas fueron construidas para observar con precisión los Solsticios y Equinoccios en función a la sombra que proyectaban cada 21 de junio y 21 de diciembre. El templo del Sol era una zona exclusiva con acceso permitido solamente para el Sapa Inca, la familia noble y los Sacerdotes.
Dan BurnettDan Burnett
A really neat location, especially if you have a guide that knows the history and can explain how the sun casts through the windows.
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The semicircular Temple of the Sun, also known as the Torreon, is the only structure in Machu Picchu with a curved wall, constructed on a natural rock formation, partially encircling its top with the finest Inca ashlar masonry in Machu Picchu. On June 21 of each year (winter solstice), sunlight passing through the eastern window of the temple strikes a straight ledge of the protected sacred rock, marking the start of winter. Directly underneath the Temple of the Sun is the Royal Mausoleum, which is a natural cave with carved stepped stones and hourglass-shaped masonry at its entrance merging with the surrounding natural rock formation. Despite its name by Hiram Bingham, the Royal Mausoleum may be a temple to Pachamama (Mother Earth), as opposed to the temple to Inti (Father Sun) above. Other accounts mention the Royal Mausoleum may have once housed the mummified remains of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, and a golden statue resembling the Sapa Inca was placed on top of the tomb in the Temple of the Sun above, to be worshiped through the Enigmatic Window in the north wall of the temple. Both the mummy and the golden statue have since been lost, although several accounts from chroniclers mention that the mummy of Pachacuti was eventually moved to and last seen in the spaces of the Hospital Real de San Andrés in Lima, Peru circa 1560.
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Es una edificación semicircular dedicada al Dios Sol, fue erigida sobre una enorme roca sólida en el sector religioso, debajo de la Roca solida se encuentra una cueva natural que también fue tallada y adecuada para que sea una tumba real. En la parte central del interior del templo de Sol existe una piedra tallada que sirvió de adoratorio al Sol, también se puede apreciar dos ventanas, una mirando hacia el oeste y la otra ventana mirando al norte, según los estudios realizados en el siglo XX, las ventanas fueron construidas para observar con precisión los Solsticios y Equinoccios en función a la sombra que proyectaban cada 21 de junio y 21 de diciembre. El templo del Sol era una zona exclusiva con acceso permitido solamente para el Sapa Inca, la familia noble y los Sacerdotes.
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A really neat location, especially if you have a guide that knows the history and can explain how the sun casts through the windows.
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The semicircular Temple of the Sun, also known as the Torreon, is the only structure in Machu Picchu with a curved wall, constructed on a natural rock formation, partially encircling its top with the finest Inca ashlar masonry in Machu Picchu. On June 21 of each year (winter solstice), sunlight passing through the eastern window of the temple strikes a straight ledge of the protected sacred rock, marking the start of winter. Directly underneath the Temple of the Sun is the Royal Mausoleum, which is a natural cave with carved stepped stones and hourglass-shaped masonry at its entrance merging with the surrounding natural rock formation. Despite its name by Hiram Bingham, the Royal Mausoleum may be a temple to Pachamama (Mother Earth), as opposed to the temple to Inti (Father Sun) above. Other accounts mention the Royal Mausoleum may have once housed the mummified remains of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, and a golden statue resembling the Sapa Inca was placed on top of the tomb in the Temple of the Sun above, to be worshiped through the Enigmatic Window in the north wall of the temple. Both the mummy and the golden statue have since been lost, although several accounts from chroniclers mention that the mummy of Pachacuti was eventually moved to and last seen in the spaces of the Hospital Real de San Andrés in Lima,...

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O templo do sol é um dos prédio mais importantes da cidade sagrada de Machu Picchu e uma das atrações turísticas mais populares de Machu Picchu, se constitui em um recinto construído em uma caverna natural e devido à sua alta localização e estilo, é considerado um edifício religioso, onde no período Inca somente os sacerdotes e o Inca tinham acesso ao local, já que aqui se realizavam cerimônias em honra ao Deus “O sol”, nesse local também se guardavam as múmias abrigadas em tumbas reais. De acordo com alguns estudos, o Templo do sol tem uma forte ligação com Qoricancha, o Templo do Sol que fica localizado em Cuzco, essa afirmação deve-se ao fato de que ambas as construções estariam destinadas ao culto do principal deus dos Incas, “O Deus Sol” que na língua quíchua, chamava-se “Inti” e também referenciava sua esposa, a Deusa Lua, ‘Killa’ e o seu filho na terra, o Imperador Inca. O Templo do Sol, é a única construção da cidade inca que tem uma forma circular e no fundo havia uma caverna que teria a função de sepultura ou mausoléu, que segundo historiadores, a conexão entre o Templo do Sol com o Túmulo Real sugere que o Inca Pachacutec, que ordenou a construção de Machu Picchu teve sua múmia sepultada no local, dentro do túmulo real. No templo é possível admirar paredes ricamente esculpidas, nichos trapezoidais em tamanho natural e um altar em forma de uma escada de três degraus, representando a famosa ‘Chakana’, ou trilogia inca que significa a visão de mundo inca sobre Hanan Pacha, ou o mundo dos deuses, o Kay Pacha, ou o mundo dos vivos e o Ukhu Pacha, ou o mundo dos mortos. O templo foi totalmente construído com grandes blocos de granito no estilo imperial inca e antes da invasão espanhola era totalmente decorado com ornamentos de ouro e prata e estes tesouros foram saqueados nos anos posteriores, mas ainda existem vestígios que comprovam a existência destes ornamentos que decoravam o interior. O templo do Sol está localizado em uma das áreas mais importantes da cidade inca de Machu Picchu, no bairro ‘Hanan’ que era considerado como o setor religioso da cidade, atualmente o turista ou visitante só pode ver o Templo do Sol a partir de um mirante localizado no topo do sítio arqueológico, pois por motivos de segurança não é permitida a entrada de visitantes no templo. Devido à posição estratégica das janelas e a equipamentos e objetos encontrados, este local servia ainda como um observatório astronômico onde era possível observar e determinar a chegada dos solstícios e as mudanças climáticas sazonais, no centro do templo, há um altar esculpido em pedra, onde cerimônias religiosas e sacrifícios provavelmente foram realizados em homenagem...

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It is accessed by a double jamb doorway, the building is known as Torreon, of finely carved blocks, was used for ceremonies related to the winter solstice on June 21 in Machu Picchu. One of its windows shows traces of having embedded ornaments, which were uprooted at some point in its history, destroying part of its structure, in addition, there are traces of a large fire in the place. In times of the Incas, only the priests and the Inca used...

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