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Home > Travel South America > South America Attractions > The Cantalloc Aqueduct: Revealing Culture and History
The Cantalloc Aqueduct: Revealing Culture and History
Cantalloc Aqueduct is the name of a great attraction in Peru. It is located on the way to Cusco from Puquio. It is suggested that, when you go there, you should go by taxi or tour group. However, depending on your means of transportation, costs may vary greatly. It is estimated that about 4 Km, which is equivalent to 2 and a half miles, to the southwest part of Nazca, are occupied by aqueducts made of stone that are really in good conditions. Nevertheless, stone is not the only material used to build them. Flat rock and hurango truncks, which is a typical tree in the region of Ica, were also utilized. Those aqueducts belong to a very comprehensive subterranean system that was constructed exclusively to use it for irrigating the fields in the pampa.
One of the most attention-grabbing features is how they were built. You are able to find about 35 amazingly constructed aqueducts constructed during the Incas times of even before. They are also known as puquios. Generally, the inhabitants of the Nazca Culture were the ones who built them. In addition, it is impressive that, these days, some of those aqueducts, which almost always had an S form, are still in use and local farmers benefit from them. In specific, the most important of all those more than 30 aqueducts is the Cantalloc Aqueduct. Therefore, if knowing more about antique architecture, old culture and civilizations while enjoying an unforgettable trip, then you should take the Cantalloc Aqueduct into consideration.
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