Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System

World Heritage

Argentina

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The site is a vast network of 30,000 km of roads built by the Incas for communication, trade and defence. Built over centuries by the Incas, partly on pre-Inca infrastructure, this extraordinary road network traverses one of the most extreme geographical terrains in the world, linking the snow-capped peaks of the Andes (over 6,000 metres above sea level) to the coast, passing through parched rainforests, fertile valleys and deserts. It reached its greatest expansion in the 15th century, spanning the entire Andes. The Qhapac Ñan Andean Road System includes 273 constituent sites spread over more than 6,000 km, which have been selected to highlight the social, political, architectural and engineering achievements of the network, as well as its associated trade, lodging and storage infrastructure, and sites of religious significance.

# Andes Mountains

# Andean Highway System

# Inca

# Communications

# Extreme Geographic Terrain

# Social

A typical example of an Inca suspension (catenary) bridge on the Apurimac River near Huinchiri, Peru...

An apacheta in the southern part of the Inca road system in the current province of Salta, Argentina...

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Road system of the Inca Empire

the Inca road bordering the Titicaca lake seen from the mirador of Chucuito, Peru

Manager of the royal roads

Cusco, Peru - plaque indicating the 4 directions of the 4 regions (suyus) of the Inca Empire

Extent of the Inca road system

Manager of the Inca bridges

a view of the Inca road climbing a hillside at the Mosollaqta lake, Peru

The Inca coastal road at the Pachacamac Sanctuary

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start time	2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
official name	Qhapaq Ñan - Sistema vial andino
official name	Qhapaq Ñan, réseau de routes andin
official name	カパック・ニャンアンデスの道
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start time	2001-10-16T00:00:00Z
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