Perolniyoc Inca Site

Perolniyoc Inca Site

The archaeological site of Perolniyoc Inca Site is at the height of the ravine of the district of Pachar. Perolniyoc Inca Site is an extraordinary Inca group of architectural constructions from the Inca era. It was modified in colonial times to continue using this ceremonial center and administrative control located on the top of a steep mountain. To reach Perolniyoc Inca Site, the Andean peasants begin a traditional path that ascends to the archaeological monument and crosses a small field where traditional crops such as corn are cultivated.

On the way, you can see the extraordinary beauty of more than 80 meters high; the soft murmur of the waters that fall on the deep ravine serves as a musical background for the varied and happy song of birds that seem to sing to Mother Nature eternally.

Perolniyoc Inca Site

Architectural restoration of Perolniyoc Inca Site by the National Institute of Culture Cusco

In November 2013, the restoration works of the Perolniyoc Inca Site, whose original name is Racaypata, were renamed Perolniyoc Inca Site by the locals. After three years of work by the National Institute of Culture Cusco, we can appreciate the substantial changes in all its sectors.

Description of the Inca site of Perolniyoc – Racaypata

Thus, you can see a food deposit on the northeast side with high walls built on a retaining wall. It is covered with straw to cover the rain, preserving the archaeological site.

The deposit has ventilation ducts, and access spans from this part of the Inca Trail to the Cachicata quarry. Perolniyoc Inca Site also emphasizes a rectangular Kallanka of more than 20 meters in length, which is the ideal place to rest and accommodate travelers who have crossed the zone. The Kallanca is full of niches for domestic and ceremonial use, and most of the buildings are built in a rustic way with sandstone in the area.

Perolniyoc Inca Site

In the lower part of the enclosures, there are three semi-circular containment walls! Each is more than 100 meters long, and the highest walls surpass 4 meters in height. Most are used in ceremonial activities (pots, plates, and miniature jars; some ceramics decorate, others do not).

This archaeological complex’s main building is in the middle part of the whole. It is an enclosure with four windows facing the sunrise. Its height is over eight meters, and its walls have trapezoidal windows with stone lintels. In addition, it shows a low fence with Inca windows that appear before the final building.

The peculiar thing about this enclosure is that it counted on two floors since now, in the main wall still, the wall flange is seen on which the beams did place, and the wood of the second floor in this enclosure presents/displays an original plastering in the wall.

Organized hiking groups can appreciate the majestic constructions our ancestors inherited and visit the archaeological site of Perolniyoc Inca Site.

Inca Trails that cross Perolniyoc Inca Site

Five centuries ago, Perolniyoc Inca Site, because of its strategic geographical location, played an essential role in the administrative control of access to the Inca cities of Ancascocha, Ollantaytambo, Camicancha, the Classic Inca Trail, Cachicata, Socma, Salkantay, Pachar, and Machu Picchu.

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