#enduringempire

Cusco is full of layers. Beneath every colonial balcony, every narrow café, lies something deeper. Something stronger. Inca stonework, hidden beneath plaster and paint, still holds up the city centuries after the empire faded. 🧱🏛️

Walk around and look closely. That “church wall” might actually be Inca. That “basement” might be a temple’s remains. The Spanish conquered the empire, but they couldn’t destroy its bones. They built over the top, sometimes respectfully, often forcefully. But the truth remained: the Inca foundations were so precise, so unshakable, that they were impossible to remove.

It’s poetic, really. The people changed. The rulers shifted. But the base remained. A testament not just to engineering, but to intention—the Inca built to last because they built with alignment: with nature, with spirit, with stars.

When you walk Cusco’s streets, you are walking on the quiet strength of ancestors. Stones that do not shout, but endure.