Month: October 2020

The historic centre of the city of Cusco is full of history and unusual details. Amongst others, the seven streets that begin with the number seven. This number is considered sacred in many cultures. Among the Incas, the number 7 is linked, among other things, to the rainbow, one of the most important natural phenomena in their vision of the world. Moreover, coincidentally or not, the seven colours of the rainbow are represented on the flag of the city of Cusco, the ancient Inca capital. The seven sacraments of the Church, the seven notes of music, the seven Wonders of the World, ancient and modern, the seven dwarves ... but do you know the seven streets of Cusco that begin with the number 7?GitHub - gorkunov/smartgf.vim: Vim 'goto file' on steroids! buy isotretinoin uk bridgebio pharma and eidos therapeutics announce merger agreement These are the seven streets: Siete Mascarones A certain Spaniard, Don Mascareñas, lived in this street with his six sons who helped him to model and cast bronze pieces for the doors of the city's churches. Siete Ventanas – Seven Windows Before the destruction of the temple of San Agustin, there was a residence with four large windows and three small ones. Nowadays, this number no longer corresponds to the number of windows in the present buildings. Siete Cuartones – Seven Slats Its name was given because of the seven large stones that formed slats lined up on the ancient bed of the river Saphy. Today we can only observe one of them, which is in Saphy Street, as the others were lost during the construction of the new town. Siete Diablitos – Seven Devils In the past, lovers used to meet in this narrow street in search of a little privacy. It is said that these couples

Choquechaka, Tandapata, Atoqsaykuchi, Teqsecocha, .... here are some of the many names you may have read on the street signs in Cusco during your last stay in the ancient capital of the Inca Empire. "Funny", "Exotic" or "Unpronounceable", these names in Quechua may seem complicated, but in reality they represent one of the richest and most captivating cultural legacies of Cusco. In fact, behind its original names lies the former Cusco  ... and a simple translation is often enough to travel through time and discover the panorama, history and the 1000 stories of the glorious and immemorial streets of the world's bellybutton. To do things in order it is important to have some historical data. In the time of the Incas, town planning went much further than one could imagine. In fact, the organisation of the city first of all responded to human and economic needs. As Inca society was an agricultural society, the best land was reserved for crops and was not to be "wasted" for the construction of temples, for example. Inside the cities, the logic was the same, with always very narrow streets in order to make the most of the space. Furthermore, urban planning also integrated concepts of respect and adaptation of cities with their environment. Indeed, society had to associate and incorporate itself with nature and local gods (Pachamama, Apus or Spirits of the Mountains, Wakas or natural temples, ...) rather than destroying them to settle in their place. Finally, the urban organisation could include a part of symbolism, as can be seen in the diagrams of the city of Cusco in the shape of a puma, the site of Pisac in the shape of a condor or the ancient citadel of Ollantaytambo in the shape of a llama.   As shown in the picture