| Near the town of Santo Tomas de Quillay (30
minutes from ), We will find a group of
burial buildings in the clif of the mountains. Ms Adriana
Von Hagen, co-director of , wrote the following about Revash : “ The
Chullpas’s walls, they noted, are composed of small
stones set in mud mortar, subsequently plastered and painted
in shades of cream and red. Unusual gabled roofs fashioned
of wooden logs tied together with vegetal fiber cord and then
plastered and painted, top some of the chullpas. A few of
the chullpas are embellished with inverted T, quadrangular
or cross-shaped niches. A variety of pictographs decorate
the cliff walls behind the chullpas”
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InkaNatura offers you horses or mulres to go to Revash. It is a
really nice experience and you will observe beautiful landscapes
and enjoy meeting Enrique, our helpful assistant there.
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Constructed entirely of mudbrick in the lower La Leche Valley, the
imposing site of Túcume on Peru's arid North Coast was in
use for nearly a millennium, having been built by the Lambayeque
at the beginning of the tenth century, conquered by the Chimú
in 1375, and subsumed into the Inca Empire in 1470, under which
it flourished until the arrival of the Spanish in 1532. The site,
which is spread over more than 220 hectares, boasts 26 enormous
adobe pyramids, most of which were constructed in stages throughout
the site's occupation.
Eroded by centuries of El Niño southern oscillation events,
Túcume's monuments are today a mere shadow of their creators'
architectural vision, yet the archaeological remains they contain
make the site one of the most important in northern Peru. The fragility
of the construction, aggressive climate, and lack of economic resources,
however, have resulted in a pattern of progressive deterioration
of the site. The most significant losses, from heavy rains and strong
winds, have been reduced building volume and damaged painted murals.
The Túcume area has been slated for tourism development in
Peru, however, concerns have been raised over the development of
the site without proper attention to conservation.
The site's listing in 2004 attracted substantial private-sector
support for the site's preservation, but a long-term plan for the
conservation of its fragile and eroding remains has yet to be developed
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