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About
Vicabamba:
Vicabamba is one of the
southern most villages in Ecuador. Standing at 1500m above sea level
it is also known as the valley of longevity and is known for its
residents living to over 100 years. The climate is almost perfect with
temperatures always between 15 and 25 degress centigrade. Almost
anything will grow there.Last refuge of the Inca Empire, Vilcabamba
was founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and fell to the Spaniards in 1572,
signalling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule. The city was
burned and the area swiftly became a remote backwater of Peru. The
location of Vilcabamba was forgotten. The ruins of the city were
rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1909 in a remote forest site 130km
west of Cuzco called Espiritu Pampa, but he failed to realize its
significance, preferring to believe that Machu Picchu, which he also
rediscovered, was the fabled Lost City of the Incas. It wasn't until
the 1980's, after archeological work by Gene Savoy and Vincent Lee and
research by John Hemming, that Espiritu Pampa was generally accepted
as the historical Vilcabamba.
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