PISAQ

Continuing the march, and crossing the wall surrounding named Amarupunku (amaru = snake, punku = gate), which still retains its lintel is the district known as K'alla Q'asa (k'alla = court = q'asa step ) also appointed as Hanan P'isaq (P'isaq Superior), which contains buildings such as "pirka" between apartments, warehouses, tower ladders on the brink of precipices.
Following the road after "Amarupunku" there is a small tunnel drilling of 16 mt. (52.5 feet) long and its height is irregular. This was not a main road, but if a secondary that can not be compared to the path of Machu Picchu Inca. Following, the path are many sectors of religious P'isac. Today this sector is appointed as Intiwatana (inti = sun, watana = brooch).

Intiwatana Is the district's most important P'isaq, is the ceremonial center or complex of religious buildings in the city with walls of type "sedimentary", ie that the junction of polished stone has a rectangular outer surface. Their situation at the top of the mountain is extraordinary and visually dominates much of the valley. This sector must be formed of various temples like Qorikancha of Cusco with polls for the various deities. The lack of information makes it difficult to know who surrendered in each temple worship two gods. In the central part of the complex there is a building with a semicircular wall straight lateral and the main gate is to the south, by inference and analogy states that this was the Temple of the Sun in P'isaq.

In the two side walls of his small hands are rising input carved in stone. Through this building there is an altar carved in stone with a conical central bulge is known as "Intiwatana" ( "Broche of the Sun", but its original name should have been "Saywa" or "Sukhanka") and is due for be used to observe the solar movements with the help of a few other elements or carved angles that served as a "pin" to calculate projections from the shadows.

Today the Intiwatana has many signs, though, it is still possible to see its original form was the altar to carry out various ceremonies to worship the Sun God, to sacrifice animals and also for purposes of divination.
Descending the stairs of the Temple of the Sun at the southwest side there is another carving conical that was used with the "Intiwatana. To the west there is an altar carved stone representing the three phases of the Andean religious world: the sky, the earthly world and subsoil. This sculpture may be used as an aid for solar observations.

In this complex there are some other temples with walls of very good quality. His specific duties are unknown, but now the tradition is trying to put their names, without any documentary support.
In this area there are also channels and sources remains well carved that due to its quality and status must have strictly religious duties as the water was a particular deity among the Andean people and always had their channels, springs and reservoirs for worship. At about 20 meters (65 feet) in front of the main gate of the complex there is a special font. On both sides of its landfill there are two notches that seem handles; because of its position perhaps served as a bathtub to make "ceremonial baths" as a way to purify the body.
In this area there is a partial view of the Urubamba River flowing in a straight line approximately 3.3 km. (2 miles), in Inca times this river was completely focused on P'isaq to Ollantaytambo. The aim of the channel was to win and protect farmland covering a length of about 90 km. (56 miles) in the valley today in many sectors is the remains of the side walls of the channel.
Going down the stairs towards the southeast "Intiwatana" P'isaqa this district which has a semicircular shape. It has stone walls, some kind of "pirka", and some others made with absolutely mud.
Here is a distribution of "kanchas" (apartments). From the southern end of this sector is possible to see on the surface some abrupt "pukaras" (towers) "qolqas" (warehouses) made of adobe.
In this sector, there is a road to go down south to the colonial village of P'isaq which provides an overview interesting to get the parking lot is necessary to take the path of the north.

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