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Lake Titicaca – The Sacred Lake

Approaching one of the show-case islands for tourists! - Uros Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru, South America

Approaching one of the show-case islands for tourists! – Uros Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru, South America

Lake Titicaca was the “Sacred Lake” of the Inca. There are many legends about the origin of the Inca Empire. One of these says that Viracocha, the main god or creator god, had his children, Manco Kapac & Mama Ocllo, spring from the water of the lake to found Cuzco and the Inca dynasty. A sacred rock on Isla del Sol, in the Bolivian part of Lake Titicaca, is worshipped as their birth place. Continue Reading →

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