Piquillacta

Pre-Incan archaeological site (built by the Huari culture), located about 20 miles from Cusco city

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October 4th 2008
After breakfast this morning our guide took us to Piquillacta, located about 20 miles outside of Cusco (toward Puno). Piquillacta is the most important of the pre-Inca construction here in Cusco. Built by the Huari culture between A.D. 700 and 900, it is made up more than 700 adobe structures that may have housed as many as 10,000 people. After Piquillacta we headed to the small town of Andahua ... read more

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