Inca cities. Llactas, Apus and forms in Sacred Geography

Abstract

Inca cities presents the fundamental considerations for the comprehension of Incas planning, such as the conditioning of the environment and the elements of the andean worldview.

It was assumed, that those principal hypothesis for the Inca planning were: the conditioning of the environment and the elements of the andean worldview

This research describes Inca sites in the Urubamba Valley, the major infrastructure projects, urban layout linked to the Apus (sacred mountains), and schematizes the form in the Incas llactas territory. Finally shown the designs of the territory in the studied llactas¹.