Sacred Valley
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Sacred Valley is a fertile and historically significant region in the Peruvian Andes renowned for its Inca archaeological sites, traditional villages, and terraced landscapes.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sacred Valley of the Incas | 15 |
| Machu Picchu Sanctuary | 1 |
| Ollantaytambo | 1 |
| Valle Sagrado de los Incas | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sacred Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Sacred Valley of the Incas
Sacred Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Valle Sagrado de los Incas
|
| associatedWith | Machu Picchu access routes ⓘ |
| climate | mild highland climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Chinchero archaeological site
ⓘ
Maras salt mines ⓘ Moray archaeological site ⓘ Ollantaytambo archaeological site ⓘ Pisac archaeological site ⓘ Urubamba River ⓘ
surface form:
Urubamba River valley
Yucay ⓘ
surface form:
Yucay terraces
|
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevationRange | approximately 2000–3000 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| followsRiver | Urubamba River ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the broader Cusco and Machu Picchu cultural tourism circuit ⓘ |
| historicalCulture |
Inca Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Inca civilization
|
| knownFor |
Inca archaeological sites
ⓘ
agricultural terraces ⓘ high-altitude agriculture ⓘ indigenous markets ⓘ scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ textile traditions ⓘ traditional Andean villages ⓘ trekking routes ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
Quechua
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cusco Region
ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian Andes
|
| mainCity |
Urubamba River
ⓘ
surface form:
Urubamba
|
| mainCrops |
maize
ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ quinoa ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Calca
ⓘ
Chinchero ⓘ Cusco ⓘ Maras ⓘ Sacred Valley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ollantaytambo
Pisac archaeological site ⓘ
surface form:
Pisac
Urubamba town ⓘ Yucay ⓘ |
| partOf |
Inca Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Inca heartland
|
| preIncaCultures | Killke culture ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | Inca sacred landscape ⓘ |
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
this entity surface form:
Valle Sagrado de los Incas
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
subject surface form:
Urubamba
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Machu Picchu Sanctuary
this entity surface form:
Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Ollantaytambo
this entity surface form:
Sacred Valley of the Incas
this entity surface form:
Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Sacred Valley of the Incas
subject surface form:
Urubamba
this entity surface form:
Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Sacred Valley of the Incas