Titiqaqa, Cusco

Titiqaqa (Quechua: titi "lead-colored" + qaqa "rock"; also spelled Teteqaqa) is an Inca carved-rock shrine in northeastern Cusco, Peru. The massive limestone outcrop was carefully carved into a complex ritual space with platforms, steps, and water courses representing sacred landscapes. Its interior cave contains a carved sacrificial stone considered a paqarina (place of origin) connected to the Huarochiri myths. Serpents carved on its sides reference important Andean ritual animals. It forms part of a sacred landscape alongside the shrines of Pumaqaqa and Chincana within the broader Chinchero archaeological complex.