Petroglyphs lost City Paititi .
From the distant times of the Conquest has spoken of the existence of ” lost cities ” , the legendary Petroglyphs lost City Paititi , and fabulous riches hidden between the forest of the Department of Madre de Dios , perched in the
foothills of the Andes penetrating as spurs backwoods .
Have been numerous expeditions that have been made to find them, without any of the explorers have located so far.
He said about the Father Aza in his ” Notes on the History of Mother of God ” the Father Cenitagoya , also a
Dominican missionary, informed him of respectable antiquity monuments found on an expedition to Pantiacolla
river when the Mission was established leading the same name. These remains , of which not previously had any news , consist of rock inscriptions and recorded in a voltage eleven meters long by two meters wide figures.
The greed of the Spanish conquistadors for gold and the desire of the Indians to get rid of them , resulted in the first
years of the conquest to the proliferation of legends empires of fabulous riches and beautiful women , set in the dense jungle . manu tours
One of the most interesting stories of this type is the Empire – Petroglyphs lost City Paititi .
Collected and first mentioned by Alvarez Maldonado to return his unfortunate adventure Madre de Dios river, or
Amarumayo , which was the name that the Incas knew this river. Petroglyphs lost City Paititi
The confused idea , which by then was in the region makes in contemporary accounts is attributed to the great rivers
travels afar. And so, on the left by Alvarez Maldonado version of issue are mixed and confused the Apurimac ,
Cockaigne, JIRCAS , Amarumayo , Manu rivers , Etc.
The fact is that according to this legend Païtiti , at the confluence of the Madre de Dios and Beni, the Mantaro River,
which was supposed to be dragged into the Amazon jungle, was an empire in which the Incas had originated , who in
turn had failed later in an attempt to conquer their supposed ancestors . tambopata tours
As had happened with previous legends , the myth of Petroglyphs lost City Paititi .
spread and led to many attempts to penetrate the forest of this region , also known as the Mojos region , part of
which is now in the territory of Bolivia , in for the riches that were supposed to exist there. From Cochabamba and
Santa Cruz also frequently out expeditions to explore the Amazon jungle, which gained unusual intensity activity
when Païtiti legend became widespread and well , most of the governors of Santa Cruz made constant attempts to
penetrate the region of the Mojos and reduce them. Such was the interest that was put into these adventures that
even the President of the Audiencia of Charcas, Juan de Guizarazu , prepared an expedition that did not perform, but
originated to gather important documentation on all attempts hitherto been made and results.
The documents gathered , is the story of the healing of Mataca ,
Alcaya Felipe de Diego , who says that the Incas entered the region and held Mojos bloody struggles with Guarani
invasions . Alcaya also says that an Inca general and nephew of an emperor named Mango, managed to subdue Indians Païtiti and his empire grew to a great extent.
The Conde de Castelar sent a reporter to the King , in which the region of Madre de Dios , Beni, Mamore and Andera
and according to this sketch indicates , the central region of the Empire would be in Païtiti the confluence of the
rivers Beni and Mamore in Bolivia ‘s area . Despite numerous expeditions by the Spanish Empire area of course ,
never came to find evidence of its existence.
Petroglyphs lost City Païtiti in the amazonia rainforest amazon.