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Túpac Amaru

Túpac Amaru

1545 CE1572 CE · Vilcabamba (Espíritu Pampa)

Túpac Amaru (1545–1572) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the independent remnant of the Inca realm centered at Vilcabamba, northeast of Cusco. A younger son of Manco Inca, he came to the throne in 1571 after the death of his half-brother Titu Cusi. In 1572 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo launched a campaign against Vilcabamba, capturing him and bringing him to Cusco. His execution there in September 1572 ended Inca political sovereignty.

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Stop 1 of 21571–1572Sapa Inca Of The Neo-Inca State

Vilcabamba (Espíritu Pampa)

What they did here

Túpac Amaru became the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, widely identified with the Espíritu Pampa site. When Viceroy Toledo's expedition stormed the region in 1572 he fled down the Vilcabamba valley into the forest.

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