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The Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) is located on the main square (Plaza Mayor) in Lima, Peru, and serves as the seat of the executive branch and the official residence of the president. It is also known as the House of Pizzaro, who founded Lima as his capital in 1535.
Built on the site of an Incan shrine, the baroque-style Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima in Peru was finished in the late 1700s. The cathedral houses a museum of church history, and Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro's remains are on display in a coffin in a glass sarcophagus.
Located in the heart of Lima, Peru, the archeological site at Huaca Pucllana has one of several pre-Columbian structures built in Lima's earliest days by members of the pre-Incan Lima culture. Composed entirely of clay and adobe, it served as a ceremonial and administrative center between A.D. 200 and 700.
Statue of Inca Emperor Pachacuti, who reigned from 1438 to 1472, in a square in Aguas Calientes, Peru.
Machu Picchu (meaning “Old Mountain” in Quechua) in the foreground and Huayna Picchu (meaning “Young Mountain”) on the right are mountains in Peru that rise above the Incan city of Machu Picchu. Huayna Picchu is 2,693 m (8,835 ft), which is about 260 m (850 ft) taller than Machu Picchu.
Located high in the Peruvian Andes and rediscovered in the early 20th century, the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007. The site is situated roughly 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above sea level.
Ruins of houses in the Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru.
Houses near the Sacred Plaza of Machu Picchu in Peru, approximately 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above sea level.
The Intiwatana, or "Hitching Post of the Sun," at Machu Picchu has been described as an astronomic clock, a type of sundial, or a calendar of the Inca. The Inca believed the stone held the sun in its place along its annual path in the sky.
The Temple of the Sun, or Torreon, at Machu Picchu in Peru.
The quipu is a system of knotted cords that the Incas and their predecessors in the Andean region used for accounting and other functions. The Inca Empire was centered in what is today southern Peru, and approximately 1,000 quipus survive in museums and private collections around the world.
Salineras de Maras in the Sacred Valley in Peru is the site of ancient salt pans. Today, there are more than 5,000 salt pans near Maras, almost all less than 4 sq m (43 sq ft) in size and no more than about 30 cm (1 ft) deep.
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