The megalithic mountain fortress of Pisac (Pisaq) is located about an hour northeast of Cusco and sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest at 3,300 meters above sea level. This enormous archeological site offers explorers the most astonishing arial views and brings to mind one of the mountain cities featured in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The first major feature you see as you round the corner into the site are layers upon layers of beautiful Inca terracing that seem to go halfway down the mountain. In the distance you also see the ruins of the Inca military and administrative complex.
The mainstream consensus is that Pisaq was constructed by Inca emperor Pachacuti sometime around 1440 as a multi-purpose residence, citadel, observatory and religious site.
Yet as the trained eye peers closer, one can begin to make out two distinctly different styles of architecture featured at this site. There is the small-rough-stone style and the much larger precision megalithic-mortarless style.
As you make your way through the first level of the site you will eventually come to a very large gateway or entrance made from this mortarless style that the Inca called “the door of the snakes.”
Near the top of this site can be found what looks like the remnants of a megalithic citadel that has been left in incredible condition.
Does this megalithic style of architecture predate the small-rough stone style? If the Inca constructed both styles, why wouldn’t they have made the entire site out of the stronger and superior megalithic method? Were the foundations of this site constructed by an antediluvian civilization who possessed technology that we’ve since lost?
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