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Machu Pirqa

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Machu Pirqa (Quechua machu old, old person, pirqa wall,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "old wall", hispanicized spelling Machupirca) is an archaeological site of the Chachapoyas culture in Peru. It is located in the Amazonas Region, Chachapoyas Province, Magdalena District. Machu Pirqa is situated at a height of about on the left bank of the river Kuntichaka (Condechaca), an affluent of the Utcubamba River. Read more on Wikipedia

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