Cajamarca Highlights
Cajamarca’s mix of natural and archaeological attractions Baños del Inca The rejuvenating natural hot springs once favored by Inca royalty, is located five miles (8km) from the town. Ventanillas de Otuzco Is an ancient cemetery
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It was in this beautiful northern Andean town that the Spaniards began their inexorable conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532, when they captured and held for ransom Inca Atahualpa.
In exchange for his life, Atahualpa offered his kidnappers “a room filled with gold as high as their arms could reach.” Six tons of the precious metal was delivered, but fearing reprisals the Spaniards murdered their hostage anyway.
Today, Cajamarca’s serenity belies that violent history.
Atahualpa’s “ransom chamber” remains as the last vestige of Inca architecture. An Andean-Baroque style Cathedral and the churches of San Francisco, Belén and La Recoleta front the graceful Plaza de Armas.
Cajamarca Information
It was in this beautiful northern Andean town that the Spaniards began their inexorable conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532, when they captured and held for ransom Inca Atahualpa. In exchange for his life,
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