UJ #14 - Qhapac Ñan

Qhapaq Ñan Project’s National Office
The Qhapaq Ñan became a UNESCO World
Heritage Site since 2014, after a joint work
performed by the six countries that share it:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and
Chile. This candidacy made history, as this was the
first time that several nations teamed up to work
and made a joint submission. Once listed, all the
countries committed to protect the road system
and continue to carry out a joint work to preserve
it for future generations.
The scenic beauty that surrounds it, the
construction techniques it includes and the
cultural expressions that originated around it turn
the Qhapaq Ñan into a jewel that is Inca as well as
modern and does not stop astonishing the locals
and visitors alike.
Qhapaq Ñan Project’s National Office
This stone bridge in Huarautambo
(Cerro de Pasco) is an example of
the Inca construction technology.
WHAT IS A CULTURAL ROUTE?
ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS AND SITES
(ICOMOS), ‘CULTURAL ROUTES’ ARE
THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION THAT
HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC DYNAMICS
AND HISTORIC FUNCTIONALITY. THE
STAND OUT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
INCA TRAIL INCLUDE THE EXCHANGE
BETWEEN PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES,
THE AMALGAMATION OF CULTURES
ALONG THE ENTIRE ROUTE AND THE
CREATION OF A DYNAMIC SYSTEM
THAT MERGES HISTORY WITH THE
ASSET, REPRESENTED BY THE USE IT
CURRENTLY HAS.
Well preserved steps in
the Escalerayoc sector in
Yauyos (Lima).
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