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Quebrada de Humahuaca
The Humahuaca Valley was a major Inca route, following the spectacular valley of the Rio Grande for about 150 km from its source in the cold desert plateau of the high Andes to its confluence with the León River in the south. The valley has abundant evidence that it was a major trade route for the last 10,000 years. It bears clear traces of prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities, the Inca Empire (15th-16th centuries) and the struggle for independence in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is located at an altitude of 2,430 meters, in a beautiful tropical mountain forest. It is probably the most amazing urban building of the heyday of the Inca Empire; its huge walls, terraces and slopes seem to have been naturally carved out of the continuous rock cliffs. The natural environment is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, including the upper Amazon River basin, and is rich in flora and fauna.
Quebrada de Humahuaca
The Humahuaca Valley was a major Inca route, following the spectacular valley of the Rio Grande for about 150 km from its source in the cold desert plateau of the high Andes to its confluence with the León River in the south. The valley has abundant evidence that it was a major trade route for the last 10,000 years. It bears clear traces of prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities, the Inca Empire (15th-16th centuries) and the struggle for independence in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
The Chimú Empire, with Chan Chan as its capital, reached its peak in the 15th century, shortly before it was conquered by the Incas. This sprawling city was the largest in pre-Columbian Americas, and its planning reflected a strict political and social strategy, characterized by its division into nine "castles" or "palaces" that formed independent units.
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
The site is a vast network of 30,000 km of roads built by the Incas for communication, trade and defence. Built over centuries by the Incas, partly on pre-Inca infrastructure, this extraordinary road network traverses one of the most extreme geographical terrains in the world, linking the snow-capped peaks of the Andes (over 6,000 metres above sea level) to the coast, passing through parched rainforests, fertile valleys and deserts. It reached its greatest expansion in the 15th century, spanning the entire Andes. The Qhapac Ñan Andean Road System includes 273 constituent sites spread over more than 6,000 km, which have been selected to highlight the social, political, architectural and engineering achievements of the network, as well as its associated trade, lodging and storage infrastructure, and sites of religious significance.
City of Cuzco
Located in the Peruvian Andes, Cusco developed under the Inca ruler Pachacuti into a complex urban center with distinct religious and administrative functions. It was surrounded by clearly demarcated areas of agricultural, handicraft, and industrial production. When the Spanish conquered it in the 16 century, they retained the basic structure but built Baroque churches and palaces on the ruins of the Inca city.