Huaca Huallamarca, Pre-Columbian pyramid in San Isidro, Peru.
Huaca Huallamarca is an adobe pyramid in San Isidro featuring three platforms connected by a wide ramp at the front. The structure rises approximately 12 meters high and displays the characteristic construction methods of early Andean cultures.
The pyramid was built around 200 BC as a center for ceremonial activities and was abandoned around 400 AD when construction efforts shifted elsewhere. Excavations in the 1950s uncovered burials and artifacts spanning several centuries of occupation.
The site bears the name of an ancient ceremonial place and today still shows traces of its ritual past. Visitors can see the careful craftsmanship of ancient builders reflected in the visible adobe bricks and their deliberate arrangement.
Access is straightforward since the site sits in a residential neighborhood and is reachable on foot. A small museum adjacent to the pyramid provides information about the finds and the history of the place.
The pyramid's adobe bricks are arranged in trapezoidal patterns, a building technique that protects the structure against earthquakes. This ingenious solution shows how ancient builders understood the seismic challenges of the region.
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