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Huánuco
Pampa
| Huánuco Pampa was an Inca provincial capital and administrative centre. It lies at an altitude of 3,800 metres in the Peruvian highlands some 700 kilometres north- west of Cuzco. It is also known as Huánuco Viejo. |
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19th
century engraving | Buildings
cover 2 sq kms | An
entrance to the gigantic central plaza | Some
of the 4000 structures |
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The
Kallana faces the central plaza | Part
of the royal palace built by Topa Inca Yupanqui | A
gateway to the royal palace | Buildings
around the central plaza |
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Trapezoidal
doorway of a royal palace | A
building facing the central plaza | An
abandoned city in a cold plain | |
