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Multi-periodSite Name: Puca PucaraCountry: Peru Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Cusco
Latitude: 13.483326S Longitude: 71.962172W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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bat400 visited on 17th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
mfrincu visited on 7th Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
ModernExplorers visited on 1st Oct 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 One of the 4 sites I visited in the same day from Cusco
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Jul 2003 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4
Puca Pucara ("Red Fort", called like that as in certain hours of the day it's walls seem to be red) is one of the Inca sites located on the way from Cusco to Pisac. Archaeologists believe that it played solely military function. The fort, enclosed with a rectangular wall, was provided with water by rock-cut aqueducts.
The site is easy to reach, it's perfectly visible from the road Cusco - Pisac, 8 km from Cusco.
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