Ñust'a Hisp'ana
Ñust'a Hisp'ana - Yuraq Rumi (in Quechua ñusta , ñust'a "virgin", ispana , hisp'ana - "piss basin", yuraq "white", rumi "stone"; together therefore "virgin toilet - white stone") is a ruin attributable to the Inca culture near the small village of Huancacalle in the Vilacamba Valley.
It is believed that it is a spiritual sanctuary, which is connected to the palace complex in Vitcos.
Location and description
Yuraq Rumi is about two kilometers from the Inca ruins Vitcos or Rosaspatas . The archaeological site is also called Chuqip'allta (Quechua chuqi valuable metal, p'allta plain, also Chuquipalta in Spanish ).
The complex, located at around 2950 m, consists of a central, hewn white granite monolith , the Yurak Rumi. Yuraq Rumi means “white rock” in Quechua ( yuraq “white” and rumi “rock”). The terraces on one side and the niches and consoles on the other are finely and geometrically chiseled out. Around the monolith there are other smaller worked boulders, which were worked into seats or water basins with the same precision. The area around the facility is very damp, as a spring rises in it, which was bordered at the end by a short fanned stone channel. A little further below, the spring water flows into an approximately 1 × 1 meter large water basin.
discovery
The Yuraq Rumi ruins were described by the explorer and archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911 while searching for the Vilcabamba.
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Coordinates: 13 ° 7 ′ S , 72 ° 56 ′ W