Inside the Inca's Mountain Fortress at Pisac

Hello friends, here we have a nice look over the sacred valley of the Incas and we are on the way to Pisac, one of Peru's most impressive and mysterious archaeological sites. Here is the town of Pisac and we will begin with a brief look at the town of Pisac nestled in the valley below before ascending to the ancient Inca ruins that crown the surrounding mountains. Still a market in the town and now we're walking towards the Pisac archaeological complex which features breathtaking views of the valley below. The Pisac archaeological complex features breathtaking agricultural terraces, ceremonial structures, stone temples and panoramic views of the Urbamba valley. Once a strategic religious and agricultural center of the Inca empire, Pisac showcases the Inca's extraordinary engineering skills and deep connection to the landscape. Join me as we explore one of the most iconic sites in the sacred valley of Peru where history, culture and dramatic scenery comes together in an unforgettable way. Guys, Pisac comes from the Quechua word Pisaca. Pisaca is one of the largest archaeological sites located in the sacred valley. If we want to visit all of Pisac, all of these archaeological sites will take us around one day. These are agricultural terraces and on each level they were able to grow different kind of crops because the climate was changing with the increasing altitude. The views of the mountains are breathtaking and the ever-present alpacas. Alpacas were everywhere in Peru. I have seen some llamas but alpacas were present everywhere in the sacred valley. In these crevices it was a cemetery. There were hundreds of graves of the Incas. Some 500 bodies were recovered from these crevices and now we are ascending up top into the ruins. Some of the structures were built by the Incas and some were pre-Inca. The difference can be pretty easily told because the Inca stonework was very different from the pre-Inca. The Incas, now we can see, they cut the stones precisely and didn't use mortar so the stones fit perfectly into each other. So here is example of pre-Inca. This is not an Inca wall because the Inca stonework was perfect. This is obviously pre-Inca and another breathtaking view of the mountains in the background and of the agricultural terraces. This was perhaps my favorite archaeological site in all of Peru. It's absolutely monumental and breathtaking. This concludes our video. Thank you very much for watching. Hit like and subscribe and see you in my next video.