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A day trip from Cuenca I visited the Inca and Cañari ruins at Ingapirca.  These are described as the most important and largest ruins of this type in Ecuador, and date from about 1400 AD.  They are pretty well-preserved and set in excellent landscape, whilst llamas are allowed to roam freely around the site.  The main building was used as a sophisticated calendar with holes cut in walls allowing the sun to enter at different angles which indicated not just days but the importa...