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The cradle of Inca love. Ollantay and Cusi Coyllur, the great story of Quechua literature, live on in the stones of Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley.

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The cradle of Inca love. Ollantay and Cusi Coyllur, the great story of Quechua literature, live on in the stones of Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley.

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Ollantay & Cusi Coyllur
Inca world, Peru

Ollantay & Cusi Coyllur

The Inca love with a happy ending

The common-born general Ollantay loves Cusi Coyllur ("Joyful Star"), daughter of emperor Pachacútec; rebuffed for not being royal, he rebels for a decade while she is imprisoned, until the new emperor pardons and reunites them.

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What are the great Peruvian love stories?

Some of the greatest are Ollantay & Cusi Coyllur.

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