{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}}
{{About||another archaeological site called Llaqtapata|Llactapata{{!}}Llaqtapata}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = Patallacta | native_name = | alternate_name = | image = Inca Trail Patallacta 1.jpg | alt = | caption = Patallacta viewed from above on the Inca trail near Willkaraqay | map_type = Peru | map_alt = | map_size = | relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|13|13|53|S|72|25|53|W|display=inline,title}} | location = Peru, Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District | region = Andes | type = Settlement | part_of = | length = | width = | area = | height = | builder = | material = | built = | abandoned = | epochs = <!-- actually displays as "Periods" --> | cultures = Inca | dependency_of = | occupants = | event = | excavations = | archaeologists = | condition = | ownership = | management = | public_access = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | notes = }} '''Patallacta''' (possibly from Quechua ''pata'' elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, ''llaqta'' place (village, town, city, country, nation),<ref>Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)</ref> "settlement on a platform"<ref>Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): see '''''Patallaqta'''''</ref> pronounced "pahta-yakta"), '''Llactapata''' <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140305193625/http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/inventario/Rp_FichaAtrac.asp?pc_CodMar=3684&pc_ubi=080000 mincetur.gob.pe]</ref> or '''Q'ente Marka''' (possibly from Quechua ''q'inti'' hummingbird, ''marka'' village, "hummingbird village") is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated southeast of the site Machu Picchu, at the confluence of the rivers Cusichaca and Vilcanota on a mountain named Patallacta.<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)</ref>
On his way to Machu Picchu (at: {{coord|-13.2325095|-72.424922|scale:5000|format=dms|display=inline}}) Hiram Bingham, discoverer of many Incan sites, passed Patallacta,<ref>[http://www.kellscraft.com/IncaLand/incalands10.html Online version of "Inca Land - Explorations in the Highlands of Peru"] by Hiram Bingham</ref> sometimes given the name of Llaqtapata as evidenced by the photograph of a sign from a check-point along the Inca trail.<ref name=incaland> {{cite web |url=http://www.kellscraft.com/IncaLand/incalands10.html |title=Chapter X - Searching for the Last Inca Capital |work=Inca Land - Explorations in the Highlands of Peru - by Hiram Bingham |access-date=2011-06-27 }}</ref> His associate Mr. Herman Tucker reported that the name of the town was ''Patallacta'' containing about one hundred houses. Above it were several important sites including Huayllabamba.<ref name="LostCity">Lost City of the Incas. by Hiram Bingham. 1952. The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, Orion House. page 164. {{ISBN|0-297-60759-6}}</ref> This site is located {{convert|1.5|km|0|abbr=on}} away from the start of the "Classic Inca Trail".<ref>Cuzco Region Machu Picchu / Inca Trail. International Travel Maps. A Division of ITMB Publishing Ltd. 2006.</ref>
This site housed many occupants, including travellers and soldiers who manned the nearby "hill fort" of Willkaraqay, and a shrine with rounded walls known as Pulpituyuq that had religious and ceremonial functions.<ref name=Explore>Explore the Inca Trail. Rucksack Readers. 2006.</ref>
Patallacta was burned by Manco Inca Yupanqui, who destroyed a number of settlements along the Inca road system during his retreat from Cusco in 1536 to discourage Spanish pursuit. In part due to these efforts, the Spanish never discovered the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu or any of its settlements.<ref>{{cite book | last = Noland | first = David | title = Trekking | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company | isbn = 978-0-393-32072-5 | year = 2001 | orig-year = 2001-02-01 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/trekking0000nola }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Patallacta from Inca Trail.jpg|Patallacta File:Wayllabamba Puesto de Vigilancia sign.jpg|Sign at check-point near Willkaraqay identifying Patallacta as Llactapata File:Willkaraqay ruins.jpg|Willkaraqay ruins on hill above Patallacta File:Patallacta Terraces.jpg|Workers are dwarfed by terraces, which are in turn dwarfed by the surrounding mountains </gallery>
== See also == * Inti Punku * Machu Q'inti * Wayna Q'inti
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Archaeological sites in Peru}}
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