Mollepata
The town of Mollepata located to 90 km of the city of Cusco belongs to the province of Anta and its political creation dates from 1925, the vast existence of archaeological remains in the zone such as Marcahuasi and a number of andenerías existing in the surroundings are irrefutable evidences of its Inca origin, its function because of the strategic position must have been related to the administration of several altitudinal zones. In another later period of its history, this locality was one of the most prosperous centers of production of sugar cane and its derivatives like the aguardiente and the chancaca.
The most beautiful work of art that the town houses is the image of the crucified Christ known as the lord of the exaltation of Mollepata that by our own conclusions, is the original image that came from Spain as a gift for the cathedral of the city Of Cusco, its characteristics and exceptional finishes classify it among the greatest works of the 16th century Spanish sculptural school. This affirmation of ours sits on the report of restoration of the image of the lord of the earthquakes that was made in the year 2005 that it showed not only the presence of native materials in its structure but also the use of techniques very widespread in the sculptural art Native of those centuries as for example the glued fabric, concluding that its manufacture was clearly Cusqueña. All this would make real the Cusco tradition told about the origin of the venerated and main image of the cathedral of Cusco.
In conclusion the now crowded site of obligatory passage for the route to Salkantay is also a historical village and of long ancestral tradition.
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