Amaru Marka Wasi, Amarumarcahuasi or Amaromarcaguaci (possibly from Quechua amaru snake, marka village, wasi house;Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) hispanicized and mixed spellings, Amarumarkahuasi, Amaru Markahuasi), also known as Salunniyuq (Salonniyoq, Salonniyuq), Salunpunku (Salonpunku), Laqu, Laq'u (Lacco, Lago), or Templo de la Luna (Temple of the Moon) is an archaeological site in Peru.Hugo Bravo Zúniga, La Architectura Presente en la Sacralidad Andina, Amarumarkahuasi o Templo de la Luna (Saqsaywaman)Brian S. Bauer, The Sacred Landscape of the Inca: The Cusco Ceque System, University of Texas Press, 1998 It is situated in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, north of the city of Cusco. It lies east of the archaeological site of Sacsayhuamán and south of Tambomachay and Puka Pukara, near Qenko.
This site named Amaru Marka Wasi was possibly the former residence of Amaru Yupanqui, also known as Amaro Tupac, the eldest son of Pachakutiq Inka Yupanki.J. E. Williams, The Andean Codex: Adventures and Initiations among the Peruvian Shamans, Canada, 2005Paul Richard Steele, Handbook of Inca Mythology, Santa Barbara, California, 2004, p. 98
See also
Qullqanpata
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