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🇵🇪 Peru

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Inkilltambo

Late Horizon (c.1430–1532 CE) Inca · Inca

Inkilltambo is a large Inca terrace-estate 2 km east of central Cusco on the Watanay's right bank at 3,520 m.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works

Moray Agricultural Terraces

Late Horizon, Inca (~1300–1530 CE) · Inca

Three colossal natural depressions on the Maras plateau were amplified by Incas into concentric circular andenes up to 150 m across and 30 m deep, each terrace a microclimate ring with temperature…

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works

Andenes of the Colca Canyon

Middle Horizon to Inca ~800–1532 CE · Collagua and Cabana then Inca

Collagua 1,000 km of canyon-edge andenería integrating amunas and qochas still irrigated.