![EU: Puca Pucara, fotografi, photograph (1980) [514462], Cusco, Peru, 1980](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/7840a531303f4751b9f2d710e7aaa435.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Puca Pucara, fotografi, photograph (1980) [514462]
1980 Cusco, Peru
Puka Pukara, whose Quechua name means "red fortress," is an Inca-era structure northeast of Cusco believed to have served as a checkpoint along the route toward the Sacred Valley. This 1980 photograph shows its stone terraces and walls.
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