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© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Peru / Ñusta Isspana / Chuquepalta, the site is best known for the large white rock [Yurak Rumi] and spring. It is 22m/ 83ft long and 16m /52.5ft wide. Its greatest height is 8m / 26ft. It is carved in many places and gives every sign that it was a major Inca shrine. Later after the last Inca hiding place of Vilcabamba had been entered and taken by the Spaniards, the rock became a landmark for the route.