Lima Sights

  1. Huaca Huallamarca

    Also known as Pan de AzĂșcar (Sugar Loaf), the Huaca Huallamarca is a highly restored Maranga adobe pyramid dating from AD 200 to 500. Walking up to the ceremonial platform provides a novel perspective on contemporary San Isidro.

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  2. Huaca Pucllana

    Easily accessible, the Huaca Pucllana is an adobe pyramidal structure dating back to AD 400 and remodeled over three centuries. Though vigorous excavations continue, the site is open to regular guided tours (in Spanish) and there's a tiny museum with finds and a reconstructed burial.

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  3. Pachacamac

    This extensive archaeological complex of palaces and temple-pyramids was once a very important religious monument for the indigenous people of the central Andes. Although it was a significant Incan site and a major city when the Spanish arrived, it had been a ceremonial center about 1000 years before the expansion of the Inca Empire.

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