Tipòn Inca hydraulic architecture that impresses the world

Tipòn Inca hydraulic architecture that impresses the world

Tipòn Inca hydraulic architecture that impresses the world

The Tipón Archaeological Park contains one of the largest works of Inca architecture with a hydraulic distribution, associated with a drainage system with canals and aqueducts, an urban sector represented by a system of Kanchas, qolqas, housing and ceremonial structures, agricultural sectors with an irrigation system and soil conservation through terraces, fountains, walls, road systems that lead to different regions of Tawantinsuyo and sacred places.

Tipón was an Inca citadel and enclosure dedicated to the cult of water.

Terraces, platforms, stone rooms, adobe and majestically crafted water conduits were built on the site.

Due to the perfection with which the Incas conducted water in Tipon

This site is considered ‘Wonder of Civil Engineering’.

The term Tipón is actually an unknown term in the native Quechua vocabulary, possibly a derivation of the proposition Timpuq (hotbed), which could have been a hotbed of People, that is, due to the large number of Inka people who moved to this sector. or also by the mita people who worked on the architectural construction of the various housing areas, Qolqas hydraulic channels and platforms found in the place.

Perhaps it also refers to the fact of water emanating from fountains or spring eyes as if the water were boiling.

Irrigation canals from the Inca era located in the Tipon Archaeological Center – Cusco, Peru.

It is located in the Central South part of the Tipón Archaeological Park, this aqueduct was built on the rocky outcrop, taking advantage of the rocky promontories for the design and projection of the canal, in the case of the aqueduct a large structure was built, until reaching the level that allows water to flow between the Charqochapampa and Intiwatana sectors.

Inca floating stairs, located in the archaeological complex of Tipón. More than 500 years old, they still continue to fulfill their original function.