EU: Cusco ruin fortress (1980) through time

Cusco 1930–1980 3 photos of this spot

3 photographs taken at the same spot in Cusco, spanning 1930–1980 — 2 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Sacsayhuamán fortress above Cusco, built by the Inca from enormous interlocking stones, is captured in close detail in this 1930 photograph. Some of the blocks used in its walls weigh many tons yet were shaped to fit without gaps.

EU: Sacsayhuaman fortress detail (1930) 1930 The Sacsayhuamán fortress above Cusco, built by the Inca from enormous interlocking stones, is captured in close detail in this 1930 photograph. Some of the blocks used in its walls weigh many tons yet were shaped to fit without gaps.

EU: Sacsayhuaman fortress wall (1930) 1930 This 1930 image shows a wall of the Sacsayhuamán fortress overlooking Cusco, one of the best-known examples of Inca stonemasonry and long a subject of interest for visiting photographers and archaeologists alike.

EU: Cusco ruin fortress (1980) 1980 The Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman overlooking Cusco, Peru, photographed in 1980. Its massive zigzagging walls, built from stones weighing many tons and fitted together without mortar, once formed part of the outer defenses of the Inca capital.