Pirqa Pirqa, Archaeological site and tourist attraction in Uchumarca, Peru

Pirqa Pirqa is an archaeological site on the summit of the mountain of the same name, in Uchumarca District, Bolívar Province, La Libertad Region, Peru. Its name may derive from the Quechua word pirqa, meaning wall. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 075-INC on December 30, 1998.

Pirca Pirca lies in the Bolívar Province, Uchumarca District, on top of the mountain also called Pirca Pirca. The name may derive from the Quechua word pirqa, meaning wall. Peru's National Institute of Culture declared the site a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 075-INC on December 30, 1998.

The name Pirca Pirca probably comes from Quechua pirqa, meaning wall. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by the National Institute of Culture through Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 075-INC on December 30, 1998. Visitors can see the stone walls that likely inspired the name.

The site sits on the summit of the mountain also called Pirca Pirca, in Uchumarca District, Bolívar Province, La Libertad Region. Reaching it means walking up the mountain; there is no museum or visitor facility on site. Its protected status dates from Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 075-INC of December 30, 1998.

The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage of Peru by the National Institute of Culture through Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 075-INC on December 30, 1998. The name may derive from the Quechua word pirqa, meaning wall.