Hugh and Victoria on top of Huaca Pucllana

Huaca Pucllana Temple Ruins

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June 16th 2010
The Huaca Pucllana Temple was built somewhere around 400 AD, around 900 years before the Inca´s started building Machu Pichu. It was in use as a temple and administrative centre for around 300 years until the Wari empire conquered the region. The Wari used it as a cemetary for their noble classes for another 300 years or so when the Inca´s moved in and the site fell into disuse. The construct ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more