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King Pachacuteq/Monumento Pachacuteq

The Pachacuteq Monument was created by Cusqueñan sculptor Fausto Espinoza Farfán. It sits on a roundabout on Avenida del Sol, Cusco. The monument is actually a tower museum dedicated to this great Inca Pachacuteq Yupanki. A huge figure of a man stands on top of this six story tower that looks over the Cusco region. The sculpture stands at 37.7 feet tall and weighs approximately 22 tons. The monument was planned to look like a figure of a person with a muscular body, mature face expressing strength and wisdom. His arms stretch out towards the northeast and northwest. The statue is pointing to the heart of Imperial Cusco. 20 tons of silicon bronze were used to form 1,100 different pieces, which were put together like a jigsaw puzzle. It is suppose to last 5,000 years in outdoor weather conditions.

The monument is a dedication to the great Inca Pachacuteq, who was an emperor who built Cusco and expanded the Incas to the surrounding Sacred Valley. Inca Pachacuteq is believed to have been the greatest visionary, planner, strategist, reformer and organizer of his time. He is one of the most important figures in Peruvian history often called an icon. Without him Peruvian Andean history would have taken a different route. It is said that on the morning of the inauguration of the Pachacuteq Monument in Cusco, three mysterious eagles flew above and three rainbows were seen in the sky, one above the other in the direction of the great glacial mountain Ausangate. The thoughts rang through that the great Inca still lived on in hearts of Cusco today.