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Fortresses matching “Ecuador”

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“Ecuador”

🇪🇨 Ecuador · Fortress

Rumicucho Pucará — Quito

Late Integration to Inca (1400–1532 CE) · Quitu–Cara / Inca

Rumicucho Pucará — Quito in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Late Integration to Inca (1400–1532 CE) fortress attributed to Quitu–Cara / Inca.

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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Fortress

Rumicucho

Late Horizon Inca (c.1480–1534 CE) – Yumbo anterior occupation · Inca – Yumbo (pre-Inca)

Rumicucho (Kichwa rumi stone + cucho corner/hill) is the northernmost Inca fortress-temple of Pichincha, 13 km north of Quito at Mitad del Mundo (Equator monument zone) at 2,420 m.