UJ #14 - Qhapac Ñan
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Some studies<br />
mention that the<br />
bas-relief friezes<br />
are related to the<br />
supernatural world.<br />
CIENEGUILLA<br />
DISTRICT IS<br />
30 MINUTES<br />
AWAY FROM<br />
LIMA. ITS<br />
VARIED<br />
GASTRONOMY,<br />
RECREATION<br />
CENTERS,<br />
MILD<br />
WEATHER<br />
AND NATURAL<br />
BEAUTY<br />
MAKE IT THE<br />
RECREATION<br />
CORNER OF<br />
THE LIMA<br />
RESIDENTS.<br />
Qhapaq <strong>Ñan</strong> Project’s National Office<br />
the route of the Qhapaq <strong>Ñan</strong>,” said Fernando<br />
Mackie, Director of the Huaycan de Cieneguilla<br />
Comprehensive Project.<br />
Before the arrival of the Incas, the area was<br />
occupied by the Ychsma Lordship, which<br />
spanned the valleys of the Lima and Lurin rivers.<br />
It was one of the largest and more complex<br />
buildings in the area. Archaeologists think it was<br />
a ceremonial center with rural characteristics<br />
between the Pachacamacac and Hatun-Xauxa<br />
(Junin) provincial capital cities.<br />
When the Ychsma people were annexed to<br />
the Tahuantinsuyo, the Incas commenced the<br />
reforms using the existing buildings in the area.<br />
Then, the Huaycan de Cieneguilla site became a<br />
control point of the wayfarers who traveled from<br />
the highlands to the coast or vice versa.<br />
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