EU: Puca Pucara, photography, Puph (1980) through time

Cusco 1980 2 photos of this spot

2 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.

The Inca ruins of Puca Pucara near Cusco, photographed in 1980; the reddish stonework gives the site its Quechua name, meaning 'red fortress,' and it is thought to have guarded the road out of the capital.

EU: Puca Pucara, photography, Puph (1980) 1980 The Inca ruins of Puca Pucara near Cusco, photographed in 1980; the reddish stonework gives the site its Quechua name, meaning 'red fortress,' and it is thought to have guarded the road out of the capital.

EU: Puca Pucara, photography, Puph (2) (1980) 1980 A second 1980 photograph of Puca Pucara, the Inca ruins outside Cusco whose reddish stone walls may once have served a defensive or checkpoint function along the road from the capital.