Machu picchu historic sanctuary
- listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983
- ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, in the southern Peruvian Andres, is Cusco's main attraction
- discovering in 1911 by US expolerer, considered to be the most extraordinary example of landscape architecture in the world
- located at the top of a mountain that overlooks the deep Urubamaba River canyon
- it is believed to have been a center of worship and astronomical overservation or the private estate of the Pachacutec Inca family
Nazca lines
- listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994
- two hours from Ica
- incredible lines trace a variety of figures, including animals and birds
- covering a desert area of more than 450 km2
- discovered in 1927, most important legacy left by the Nazca culture
- lines are sometimes 300 meters (984 feet) long, means they can only be seen from above
Qhapaq nan
- means "The Great Road"
- made up of complex road system (pre-Incan and Incan roads)
- Incas unified and built during the 15th century
- built because of a major political, military, ideological and administrative project known as Tawantinsuyu
- network of roads allowed acces to the information and movement of goods.
- it made it possible for the Incas in Cuzco to administer territories located thousands of kilometeres away
- used roads to send chasquis or messengers, receive the benefit of tributes or migrant work, and mobilize the armies