EU: Puca Pucara, fotografi, photograph through time

Cusco 1980 4 photos of this spot

4 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Cusco, spanning 1980. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

This 1980 photograph documents another ruined Inca structure near Cusco, Peru, showing the precise stonework characteristic of Inca architecture. Such sites were built without mortar, relying on tightly interlocking stones for stability.

EU: fästning, ruin, fotografi, photograph 1980 This 1980 photograph documents another ruined Inca structure near Cusco, Peru, showing the precise stonework characteristic of Inca architecture. Such sites were built without mortar, relying on tightly interlocking stones for stability.

EU: Puca Pucara, fotografi, photograph 1980 Taken in 1980, this photograph shows Puca Pucara, a small Inca-era structure near Cusco, Peru, whose reddish stone walls give the site its Quechua name, meaning 'red fortress'. It lies along the old road connecting Cusco to the Sacred Valley.

EU: Puca Pucara, fotografi, photograph 1980 This 1980 image offers another view of Puca Pucara near Cusco, Peru, a site thought to have served as a checkpoint along the road into the Sacred Valley. Its terraces and small chambers suggest it also had residential or storage functions.

EU: Puca Pucara, fotografi, photograph 1980 Photographed in 1980, this view of Puca Pucara near Cusco, Peru, shows the terraced stone walls of the Inca-era site from a different angle. The site's elevated position gave it a commanding view over the surrounding valley.