🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Machu Pirqa
Machu Pirqa (Quechua machu old, old person, pirqa wall, "old wall", hispanicized spelling Machupirca) is an archaeological site of the Chachapoyas culture in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Paracas Candelabra
Early Horizon, Paracas culture 200 BCE–100 BCE · Paracas culture, precursor to Nazca
181-m trident/cactus cut into coastal hill facing Pacific as sailors beacon.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Kenko, Puno
\ Kenko, Qenqo or Q'inq'u (possibly Aymara for "twisted, bent") or also Inka Anatawi, is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Tampu, Vilcabamba
Inka Tampu or Inkatampu (Quechua inka Inca, tampu inn, "Inca inn", Hispanicized and mixed spellings Incatambo, Inkatambo, Inca Tambo) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatunmarka
Hatunmarka (Quechua hatun big, marka settlement / storey, "big settlement", hispanicized spelling Hatunmarca, Jatun Malca) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Machu Pitumarka
Machu Pitumarka (hispanicized spelling Machu Pitumarca, Machupitumarca) is an archaeological site with ruins of walls in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Tampu, Huayopata
Inka Tampu or Inkatampu (Quechua inka Inca, tampu inn, "Inca inn", Hispanicized and mixed spellings Incatambo, Inkatambo, Inca Tambo) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Wasi, Ayacucho
Inka Wasi or Inkawasi (Quechua inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house", Hispanicized spelling Incahuasi) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Parinacochas Province, Pullo District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Incahuasi, Lima
Incahuasi or Incawasi (possibly from Quechua inka Inca, wasi house) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Cañete Province, Lunahuaná District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca road system
The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and in Quechua: Qhapaq Ñan meaning "royal road") was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in pre-Columbian South America.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Vilaya
Gran Vilaya is a complex of many archaeological remains and ruins, spread over a wide area in the Utcubamba Valley in northern Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Intihuatana, Urubamba
Intihuatana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Inti Watana or Intiwatana), at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu, is a notable ritual stone associated with the astronomic clock or calendar…
🇵🇪 Peru · Tomb
Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco (Spanish: Basílica y Convento de San Francisco) is a Catholic church building located in the Historic Centre of Lima, Peru.