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Widely accepted places matching “Cusco”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Wari Pikillaqta Sector 2 Compound 14

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Wari Pikillaqta Sector 2 Compound 14 in Cusco, Pikillaqta, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Pikillacta — Wari Planned Citadel Cuzco Basin

Wari (550–1100 CE) Cuzco expansion · Wari

Lucre Pikillacta excavated by McEwan 1990s, only Wari city completed, abandoned 1100.

🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex

Choquequirao

Inca Imperial 1450–1530 Neo-Inca to 1572 · Inca (Pachacuti? Topa Yupanqui)

Inca cloud-city with white stone llamas paving terraces above Apurimac canyon.