Walls of Huch'uy Qusqu terraces. General view of the site.
Huch'uy Qusqu (Quechua: "Little Cuzco") is an archaeological site 50 km north of Cuzco, in Peru. It is located at an altitude of 3,600 meters, above the city of Lamay, in the district of Calca, province of Calca, in the Sacred Valley.
The site received its name in the 20th century; previously he had been known as Kakya Qawani. Pedro de Cieza de León, in his Second Chronicle of Peru, affirmed that the palaces were built by Viracocha, eighth Inca ruler. Among a large number of buildings, some of stone, some of adobe, is a kallanka (great hall) of 40 m in length. The water supply is an Inca built irrigation canal, filled with stones of about 800 meters.
The Spaniards took control of Kakya Qawani in 1500, after the Inca Manco Revolution (approx 1540) and used the site as a farm. The villagers built several small reservoirs for irrigation. During their time in Huchuy Quosqo, the Spaniards demolished some other Inca structures to build the largest reservoir that is seen today.
Below the main site of Huch'uy Qusqu is the recently restored store house for meat and crops such as corn, potatoes, quinoa and dried beans. In this two-story structure, you can see the historic refrigeration storage system known as 'conjeras'.
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