Taqrachullu

{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}}

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| location = Peru, Cusco Region, Espinar Province

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Taqrachullu, Pukara Taqrachullu,Dirección de Planificación y Presupuesto de DRC – Cusco, "Recuperación del Monumento Arqueológico Pre Hispanico María Fortaleza T'aqrachullo - Espinar - Cusco", p. 25: "Toponímicamente la palabra Pukara, según el Diccionario de la Lengua Quechua y Aymara, proviene de fortaleza y/o baluarte de protección Y Taqrachullu deriva gramaticalmente de dos acepciones: Taqra es roca madre y Chullu agua congelada. (ref.24 Municipalidad Provincial del Cusco. Diccionario de la Lengua Quechua Español. Cusco 1995.) Significando holísticamente "lugar rocoso y gélido incrustada en una hondonada", circundada por las aguas del río Apurimac. Cabe indicar que la Zona Arqueológica de Pukara Taqrachullu se conoce también con el nombre María Fortaleza, información en la documentación de la alcaldía de Suykutambo." T'akrachullu, Pukara T'akrachullu (Quechua t'akra uncultivated land, an infertile or rocky piece of land, chullu spur of land which ends in the confluence of two rivers / something soaked)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)Anna M. Babel, Contact and Contrast in Valley Spanish, University of Michigan, 2010Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) or María Fortaleza is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Suykutambo District.[http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=2596 mincetur.gob.pe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218204711/http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=2596 |date=2014-02-18 }} "Grupo arqueológico de Taqrachullo", retrieved on January 29, 2014

The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru.