Claim: The capital of the Neo-Inca State wasn't Machu Picchu.
Evidence: Often mistakenly referred to as the `` Lost City of the Incas '' -LRB- a title more accurately applied to Vilcabamba -RRB- , it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
Vilcabamba -LRB- in hispanicized spelling -RRB- , Willkapampa -LRB- Aymara and Quechua -RRB- or Espíritu Pampa was a city founded by Manco Inca in 1539 and was the capital of the Neo-Inca State , the last refuge of the Inca Empire until it fell to the Spaniards in 1572 , signaling the end of Inca resistance to Spanish rule.