Location
Its altitude is of 3680 MSN and is located about 4 km (15 minutes) northeast ofl Cusco city by road asphalted.

Opening Hours:
Monday through Sunday      :  7:00 to 18:00 hrs.

Meaning of the Name
The word Q’enko means maize with lots of returns.

Price: Entrance fee included in the Tourist Ticket
 
It was said that it was a ceremonial center and place for rituals, it has an amphitheater that has 19 windows that were used to worship, there is also maize that leads to the underground galleries, in the superior part there is canals and carved shapes

There is also a patio that has a semicircular shape that has a parameter that is close by some great niches that surround a stone or wanka of little thickness locked up in an enclosure, there one can find images within their own chapel. The mummy of Pachacuteq and its relatives, they were found by Polo de Odegardo in Toqokachi possibly was in Q’enko.

This place of worship is located in what today is called the Socorro hill and it has an
Area of 3,500 square meters. 

Between the things that the Spanish were not able to destroy from this monument:

• The Intiwatana
• The Zigzag Canal
• The amphitheater
• The Room of the sacrifices
• Wrought Benches, aqueducts as gear, narrow streets and short platforms.

How to get to Qenqo?
It is located 15 minutes from the Main Square by bus, near to Sacsayhuaman. To reach Qenqo you can take any City Tour (Pull) of any travel agency (almost all of them offer this kind of service); by foot, it takes 50 minutes walking from Cusco City or you can take a Private Tour.

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