Hatun Cañar / Inka Pirka | |
 Ingapirca, the temple of the sun | |
  Quito Ingapirca Ingapirca (Ecuador) | |
| Region | Cañar Province |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 2°32′54.9168″S 78°52′18.768″W / 2.548588000°S 78.87188000°W |
| History | |
| Cultures | Inca |
| Site notes | |
| Public access | yes |
| Website | http://www.complejoingapirca.gob.ec/ |
Ingapirca (Kichwa: Inka Pirka, "Inca wall") is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby.[1][2]
These are the largest known Inca ruins in Ecuador.[3] The most significant building is the Temple of the Sun, an elliptically shaped building constructed around a large rock.
- ^ Hyslop, John (19 February 2014). Inka Settlement Planning. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 384. ISBN 9780292762640. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Greenspan, Eliot (1 June 2011). Frommer's Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (3rd ed.). USA: Frommer's. p. 214. ISBN 9781118100325. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Lauderbaugh, George (22 February 2012). The History of Ecuador. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 5. ISBN 9780313362514. Retrieved 13 November 2014.