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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Sacred Valley of the Incas 15
Machu Picchu Sanctuary 1
Ollantaytambo 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

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Sacred Valley alsoKnownAs Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Sacred Valley alsoKnownAs Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Valle Sagrado de los Incas
Cusco Region contains Sacred Valley
Peru contains Sacred Valley
Urubamba River flowsThrough Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Urubamba River formsValley Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Pisac archaeological site hasViewOf Sacred Valley
Calca locatedIn Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Killke culture locatedIn Sacred Valley
Maras locatedIn Sacred Valley
Maras salt mines locatedIn Sacred Valley
Moray archaeological site locatedIn Sacred Valley
Pisac archaeological site locatedIn Sacred Valley
Urubamba town locatedIn Sacred Valley
subject surface form: Urubamba
Urubamba River locatedIn Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Yucay locatedIn Sacred Valley
Aguas Calientes near Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Machu Picchu Sanctuary
Inca Trail near Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Sacred Valley nearCity Sacred Valley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ollantaytambo
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Calca partOf Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Chinchero partOf Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Pisac archaeological site partOf Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Yucay partOf Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Machu Picchu region Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Urubamba town riverValley Sacred Valley
subject surface form: Urubamba
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Cusco tourismAttraction Sacred Valley
this entity surface form: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Inti worshipCenters Sacred Valley