Saksaywaman
Sacsayhuamán or Saksaywaman is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Sacsahuaman”, “Sacsayhuaman”, “Sacsayhuamán”, “Sacsayhuamán Fortress”, and “Saqsaywaman”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Esoltas, Public domain.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muyuq Marka and Coricancha.
Muyuq Marka
Castle
Photo: Papiermond, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muyuq Marka, also Muyuqmarka, is an archaeological site in Peru. It is the base of what was a round Incan tower, which is situated within the fortress Saksaywaman above Cuzco.
Coricancha
Museum
The Coricancha was the most important temple in the Inca Empire, and was described by early Spanish colonialists. It is located in Cusco, Peru, which was the capital of the empire. Coricancha is situated 1½ km southeast of Saksaywaman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cuzco.
Cuzco
Cuzco or Cusco, in the Southern Sierras, is a fascinating city that was the capital of the Inca Empire. Cuzco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of Peru's most visited cities as it is the largest and most comfortable city from which tourists can begin visits to Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and other Inca sites in the region.
Saksaywaman
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Cusco District, Cusco Province, Cuzco Department, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Saksaywaman” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة ساكسايهوامان”
- Asturian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Azerbaijani: “Saksayuaman”
- Basque: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Bengali: “সাক্সাইওয়াম্যান”
- Catalan: “Sacsahuamán”
- Catalan: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Chinese: “萨克塞华曼”
- Chinese: “萨克塞瓦曼”
- Chinese: “薩克塞華曼”
- Chinese: “薩克薩瓦曼”
- Croatian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Czech: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Danish: “Saksaywaman”
- Dutch: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Dutch: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Dutch: “Saksay Waman”
- Dutch: “Saqsaywaman”
- Esperanto: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Esperanto: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Esperanto: “Saksajŭaman”
- Esperanto: “Saksajvaman”
- French: “Sacsahuaman”
- French: “Sacsayhuaman”
- French: “Sacsayhuamán”
- French: “Saksaywaman”
- French: “Saqsaywaman”
- Georgian: “საკსაიუამანი”
- Georgian: “საქსაუმანი”
- German: “Sacsayhuaman”
- German: “Sacsayhuamán”
- German: “Saksaywaman”
- German: “Saqsaywaman”
- German: “Saqsaywamán”
- Hebrew: “סקסייוומאן”
- Indonesian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Italian: “Sacsaihuaman”
- Italian: “Sacsaiuaman”
- Italian: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Italian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Japanese: “サクサイワマン”
- Macedonian: “Саксајваман”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saksaywaman”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sacsahuaman”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Norwegian: “Saksaywaman”
- Persian: “معبد ساکسیهومان”
- Polish: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Polish: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Portuguese: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Portuguese: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Quechua: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Quechua: “Saksaq Waman”
- Quechua: “Saksaywaman”
- Quechua: “Saqsaywaman”
- Romanian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Russian: “Муюкмарка”
- Russian: “Саксайуаман”
- Russian: “Саксауаман”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Slovak: “Sacsaihuaman”
- Slovak: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Slovak: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Slovak: “Saksaq Waman”
- Slovenian: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Spanish: “Sacsahuaman”
- Spanish: “Sacsahuamán”
- Spanish: “Sacsaihuaman”
- Spanish: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Spanish: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Spanish: “Saqsayhuaman”
- Spanish: “Saqsaywaman”
- Spanish: “Saqsaywamán”
- Swedish: “Sacsahuaman”
- Swedish: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Swedish: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Turkish: “Sacsayhuaman”
- Turkish: “Sacsayhuamán”
- Ukrainian: “Саксайваман”
- Ukrainian: “Саксайуаман”
- Vietnamese: “Sacsayhuamán”
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