{"id":1210,"date":"2019-07-08T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T23:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2024-09-14T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T18:27:35","slug":"cusco-a-city-constructed-in-alignment-with-the-sun-and-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/cusco-a-city-constructed-in-alignment-with-the-sun-and-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Cusco, a city constructed in alignment with the sun and the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>ancient Peruvians<\/strong> had a supreme connection to nature. Unlike <strong>Western culture<\/strong>, human beings were not regarded as superior to the rest of living beings; but they were an equal part of a collective \u201call\u201d alongside the stars, flowers, birds and the sea. For this reason, the inhabitants of the <strong>Andes<\/strong> developed an impressive knowledge of natural phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image fancy-gallery\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"fancy-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Calle-Siete-Culebras-Diego-street-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Calle-Siete-Culebras-Diego-street-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The sun illuminating the streets of Cusco (Siete culebras street)\" class=\"wp-image-1265\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Diego Nishiyama. Siete culebras street. June solstice 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sacred-astronomical-phenomena-sacred-agriculture\">Sacred astronomical phenomena, sacred agriculture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the <strong>Incas<\/strong>, <strong>solstices<\/strong>, and <strong>equinoxes<\/strong>, among other astronomical phenomena, were sacred dates that also marked agricultural cycles. Let us not forget that agriculture and farmland are central axes of The <strong>Andean culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image fancy-gallery\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"fancy-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Street-Inca-Roca-Diego-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking-900x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Street-Inca-Roca-Diego-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking-900x600-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The sun illuminating the streets of Cusco (Inka Roka street)\" class=\"wp-image-1267\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Diego Nishiyama. Inca Roka street. June solstice 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Dante Salas Delgado<\/strong>, an important Cusquenian researcher and author of the book &#8220;<strong>Inca Archeoastronomy<\/strong>&#8220;, has found that the most important constructions of the <strong>Incas<\/strong> were in perfect alignment with the most important astronomical phenomena. He also states that the architectural design of the city of <strong>Cusco<\/strong> is sidereal not only because of its cougar shape, but also because its streets are aligned with important astronomical events.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image fancy-gallery\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"fancy-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hatun-Rumiyuq-street-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking-800x1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Hatun-Rumiyuq-street-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking-800x1200-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The sun illuminating the streets of Cusco\" class=\"wp-image-1268\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: Diego Nishiyama. Hatun Rumiyuq street. June solstice 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For example, <strong>Siete Culebras<\/strong>, <strong>Hatun Rumiyoq<\/strong> and <strong>Inka Roka<\/strong> streets are aligned with the sunrise on <strong>June 21st.<\/strong> <strong>Zetas<\/strong>, <strong>Intiqhawarina<\/strong> and <strong>Pantipata<\/strong> streets, meanwhile, a line with the sunset on May 15 when the constellation of the <strong>Southern Cross<\/strong> is at its zenith.&nbsp;The same goes for <strong>Machu Picchu<\/strong>. On <strong>June 21st<\/strong>, during the winter solstice, the sun crosses the central window of the Temple of the Sun and illuminates the ritual rock from inside.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image fancy-gallery\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"fancy-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/templo-sol-machu-picchu-street-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"\/\/www.salkantaytrekking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/templo-sol-machu-picchu-street-Nishiyama-solstice-june-Cusco-Salkantay-Trekking.jpg\" alt=\"Stone temple in Machu Picchu\" class=\"wp-image-1217\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sun temple in Machu Picchu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The sun aligned with several streets of the city of <strong>Cusco<\/strong> during the 2019 solstice, was captured by the Cusquenian photographer <strong>Diego Nishiyama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The knowledge that the ancient Peruvian people left to their current heirs is truly astonishing. Take advantage of your visit to <strong>Cusco<\/strong> by investigating and learning a little more about this intimate connection between Incan architecture and the stars. Let yourself be enveloped by that mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured photo:&nbsp;Diego Nishiyama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient Peruvians had a supreme connection to nature. 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