Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded...

2025 Protzen, Inca architecture, p. 64. Protzen, Inca architecture, p. 27. Protzen, Inca architecture, p. 26. Protzen, Inca architecture, p. 23. Leon,...

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. "land of four parts"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian...

architectural style that is distinctly pre-Inca. However, some of these sites were renovated by the Inca, so some pre-Inca sites do feature some Inca...

The Inca aqueducts refer to any of a series of aqueducts built by the Inca people. The Inca built such structures to increase arable land and provide...

pre-Inca coastal architecture, especially from the Chimú culture, which flourished between 900 CE and the conquest by the Inca emperor Topa Inca Yupanqui...

irrigation. Inca's infrastructure and water supply system have been hailed as “the pinnacle of the architectural and engineering works of the Inca civilization”...

The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq Ñan meaning "royal road" in Quechua) was the most extensive and advanced transportation...

1918. Inca stone architecture in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. During the Pre-Columbian era, the northern part of Chile was ruled by the Inca Empire...

history spans from ancient Peru, the Inca Empire, Colonial Peru to the present day. Peruvian colonial architecture is the conjunction of European styles...

name from the word for this ancient culture, as does the defined architectural style. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega noted that the Chachapoyas territory was...

The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in Peru. The Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1533 A.D., represented the height of this...

The Neo-Inca State, also known as the Neo-Inca state of Vilcabamba, was the Inca state established in 1537 at Vilcabamba by Manco Inca Yupanqui (the son...

The Inca army (Quechua: Inka Awqaqkuna) was the multi-ethnic armed forces used by the Tawantin Suyu to expand its empire and defend the sovereignty of...

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). Often referred...

precisely-shaped stone, but did not use mortar, for example the Greek temple and Inca architecture. The art of dry stone walling was inscribed in 2018 on the UNESCO...

Huiracocha; Quechua Wiraqucha) is the creator and supreme deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth...

Picchu, Peru, c.1450 AD Inca architecture originated from the Tiwanaku styles, founded in the 2nd century B.C.E.. The Incas used topography and land...

causing "irreversible damage" and multiple fragments breaking off. Inca architecture Inca civilization List of individual rocks "Lugares turísticos (Tourist...

capitalized on the fact that Inca Kola is a Peruvian product. In 1997, however, Coca-Cola acquired 49 percent of the Inca Kola company. Although exported...

Inca are best known for the architecture – specifically the complex of Machu Picchu just northwest of Cusco. Inca architecture makes use of large stone blocks...

The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the...

University of California, Los Angeles 2013, p. 134. Jean-Pierre Protzen: Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo. Oxford University Press, New York...

and other methods of assembly have been used. The dry ashlar of Inca architecture in Cusco and Machu Picchu is particularly fine and famous. The word...

styles of architecture to attract tourists and build. Before the arrival of Spanish settlers, the architecture of the Tiwanaku Empire and the Inca Empire...

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu. It consists of three...

The Incas were most notable for establishing the Inca Empire which was centered in modern-day South America in Peru and Chile. It was about 4,000 kilometres...

Inca mythology of the Inca Empire was based on pre-Inca beliefs that can be found in the Huarochirí Manuscript, and in pre-Inca cultures including Chavín...

(viharas), stupas, and temples (Chaitya grihas). Inca architecture – the pre-Columbian architecture of the Incas in South America, known particularly for its...

The Inca Civil War, also known as the Inca Dynastic War, the Inca War of Succession, or, sometimes, the War of the Two Brothers, was fought between half-brothers...