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Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X, Laq'o / Laco, with Moon Temple, cuts in the rock forming doors, thrones, niches, benches etc. - photo gallery

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): big cut niche in black and red and white rock - rock with an overthrown  throne turned over upside down - giant throne turned over upside down

  
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), giant curved cut in the rock 11 - white milled stone 01 - zoom 01

Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): A quarry and a wall -- Cut rock in black and red -- overthrown rock with thrones turned over upside down  -- black rock with thrones -- A bench cut from a rock -- Cut bench into the rock 02 -- Another rock with an overthrown throne turned over upside down  -- A cave -- Cut bench 03 -- Flat giant stone (stone table, platform, sacrificial stone?) -- A giant overthrown throne turned over upside down -- The giant horizontal rectangular curved cut in black and red rock -- The left corner area - and the horizontal edge - zooms -- The right corner area, zoom -- The giant rectangular cut's surface, zoom -- The right angle's cut with right a right angle, zooms -- The horizontal edge, zoom and complete view -- The exit area -- exit zone: a white milled stone -- a long black milled stone -- Exit area of Sacsayhuamán "Zone X": a milled stone in black and red -- A giant stone with cuts in black and red -- the wall at the exit -- Last view to the rock in black and red of the entrance area -- In the meadow: a giant white throne or platform -- Return from "Zone X" - view to Cusco and Sacsayhuamán

Photo gallery by Michael Palomino (2017)

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Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X, Laq'o / Laco, Moon Temple, cuts in the rock forming doors, thrones, niches, benches etc. - photo gallery

A quarry and a wall

Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the last part of the walk, panorama


Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the last part of the walk, panorama 02


Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the last part of the walk, zoom


Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), wall, panorama

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), quarry with giant stones 01


Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), quarry with giant stones, panorama


Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), quarry with giant stones 02

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), cut giant stone with curvy cut - cut stone

There should be a Moon Temple here? There are no signposts, and I did not find any Moon Temple here, but with a guide he will show you the Moon Temple for sure.

Cut rock in black and red

Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), cut rock in black and red, panorama


Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), cut rock in black and red, panorama

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), cut rock in black and red 01 - 02 zoom

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán 14: Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), cut rock in black and red 03, 04 zoom

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): giant white stone with holes in it - black and red rock with big cuts

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): cut niche in black, red, and white - big cut niche in black, red and white - zoom


Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): cut rock in black and red with a big cut, panorama

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): cut rock in black and red in layers

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): the path is passing cut rock - a black rock with a cut platform - zoom of the platform

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): the path is passing cut rock - rock in black, red, and white with a rectangular cut with right angles - two cut thrones

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): the path is passing black and red cut giant stones - the path is passing cut rocks - straight cuts, zoom

Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown rock with thrones turned over upside down

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): cut rock - rock in black, red, and white with overthrown thrones turned over upside down

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): rock in black, red, and white with overthrown thrones turned over upside down 1,2,3

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, panorama- detail 01

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, details 2,3

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, detail 04 - panorama

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, detail 5,6


Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, panorama

   
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, details 7,8,9

 
Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): overthrown throne turned over upside down, lateral view 1,2

Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): black rock with thrones

Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): black rock with thrones (rock of thrones)

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple): thrones in a black rock 1,2,3

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), overthrown thrones upside down - thrones in a black and red rock

A bench cut from a rock

Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a bench cut from a black and red rock, panorama

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a bench cut from a black and red rock 1,2,3

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the overthrown rock in black, red, and white (right) and the black rock with the thrones (in the background)

Cut bench into the rock 02

It seems that cutting a bench into the rocks was a "standard" with these beings of Sacsayhuamán:

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the path is passing cut rocks - bench cut into rock in black and red 02 - zoom

Another rock with an overthrown throne turned over upside down

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), overthrown rock upside down in black and red - zoom

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), overthrown rock upside down in black and red and more horizontal cuts, zoom 1,2

A cave

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), rock in black and red with a cave - and the entrance shows perfect cuts in the rock

Cut bench 03

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), bench cut into rock in black and red 03 - zoom

Flat giant stone (stone table, platform, sacrificial stone?)

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the path is passing rock in black and red - flat giant stone (stone table, platform, or sacrificial stone) - zoom

     
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the path is passing cut rock in black and red - then into a tunnel or a cave - and at the entrance of this tunnel or cave there is something:

A giant overthrown throne turned over upside down

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), side entrance - giant overthrown throne 1


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), giant overthrown throne  02

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), giant overthrown throne 3,4,5

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), giant overthrown throne 6,7,8

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), giant overthrown throne 9,10,11 with the upper part ("roof construction" which was the base before)

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), giant overthrown throne 12,13

And then the next great object is the giant horizontal curved cut:

The giant horizontal rectangular curved cut in black and red rock

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 01 - zoom

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 02

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 3,4

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 5,6,7

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 8,9,10


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 11

The left corner area - and the horizontal edge - zooms

     
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut 12 - the left corner area - zoom of the edge 01

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, zoom of the edge 2,3,4

The right corner area, zooms

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, zoom of the edge 05 - corner area02 zoom 1,2

The giant rectangular cut's surface, zooms

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, surfaces 1,2,3

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, surfaces 4,5

The right angle's cut with right a right angle, zooms

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, the right angle corner on the right side, zoom 1,2

The horizontal edge, zoom and complete view

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, zoom of the horizontal edge 6,7,8

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), the giant rectangular curved cut, zoom of the horizontal edge 09 - lateral view 1,2

We are walkig back to the entrance area of "Zone X", and the following photos are the two last ones in black and red rock of this archeological area:

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), cut rock in black and red - niche in the rock in black and red

The exit area

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), exit area, view downwards - a white stone with a cut throne

Sacsayhuamán "Zone X" (Laco): exit zone: a white milled stone

This stone is a striking one: why it's surface is like this?

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), exit area: a white milled stone

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a white milled stone 02 - zoom 1,2

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a white milled stone, zoom 3,4

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a white milled stone, zoom 05


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a white milled stone, zoom 06


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o, Laco, Moon Temple), a white milled stone, zoom 07

Sacsayhuamán, "Zone X" (Laco), a long black milled stone

Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a long black milled stone, panorama


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a long black milled stone 01


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a long black milled stone 02


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a long black milled stone 03

Exit area of Sacsayhuamán "Zone X": a milled stone in black and red

Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a milled stone in black and red 01


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a milled stone in black and red 02

A giant stone with cuts in black and red

   
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): a giant stone in black and red with cuts 1,2,3

Sacsayhuamán "Zone X" (Laco): the wall at the exit

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): the wall at the exit area, view from above 1,2

Last view to the rock in black and red of the entrance area

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): the bock in black and red of the entrance area - zoom


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): the bock in black and red of the entrance area, zoom 02

We are passing the guard house and are heading directly downwards on the meadow...

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): the last look back to Zone X

And now another surprise is coming: a giant white throne or platform  in the meadow:

In the meadow: a giant white throne or platform

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): return passing the meadow: white giant throne, zoom 01

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): return passing the meadow: white giant throne, zoom 2,3

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): return passing the meadow: white giant throne, zooms of the surface 1,2

Return from "Zone X" - views to Cusco and Sacsayhuamán

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): the street downwards to Cusco - the path downwards


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco): the path is going downwards with the view to Sacsayhuamán and Cusco

 
Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco):  the path is going downwards - the view to the fortress Sacsayhuamán and Cusco - zoom


Cusco Sacsayhuamán, Zone X (Laq'o / Laco):  the path is going downwards - the view to the fortress Sacsayhuamán and Cusco - zoom 02

Yes, from here one can look for a place to have good panoramic photos. I did not see this. But now comes the handicraft workshop.

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