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Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana [1] (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) [2] is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms.
While the Inka huacas were mainly stationary, some of the Andean huacas were actually portable. There are references to huacas being taken into battle or being physically transported to Cusco, capital of the Inka empire. One such huaca is described below: "The ninth guaca (huaca) was named Cugiguaman. It was a stone shaped like a falcon which ...
Huaca de la Luna ("Temple or Shrine of the Moon") is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. [1] Along with the Huaca del Sol , the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche , which is the remains of an ancient Moche capital city called Cerro Blanco, by the volcanic peak of the same name.
Huaca Huantinamarca has had many uses throughout its history: it was part of the Maranga complex, occupied during the Late Horizon period, subsequently a pre-Hispanic mausoleum, a place inhabited by Spaniards, remains to which a strong magical and sacred power was attributed, a republican cemetery, a pre-Hispanic ruin in the rural landscape, a fairground auditorium, and today it is the ...
Huaca Huallamarca [1] [2] (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local god of protection, a sacred object or place / sacred, Walla a people, marka village) [3] [4] also known as Huaca Pan de Azúcar (possibly from Spanish pan de azúcar sugar loaf), is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the district of San Isidro, in the city of Lima. [1] [2]
The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco , in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley.
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...
Huaca Santa Catalina is an archaeological site located at Jirón Pascual Saco Oliveros 875, [1] between Miguel Checa and Pascual Saco streets, in the neighbourhood of Santa Catalina, in La Victoria District, Lima, Peru. [2] It's one of the few remains of the Qhapaq Ñan (the Inca road system) that exist in the city. [3]