TAMBO
COLORADO -
Torrσn the point of total control of the complex
The Archeological Site Tambo Colorado was an
administrative center of the Incas, located in the Upper
Valley of the Pisco River. It's located
265
kilσmetros to the south of Lima, via the
Panamerican Highway south, in the town of San Clemente.
It is where the Inca Road "Los Libertadores Huari"
begins, and extends to the city of
Ayacucho.
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Tambo Colorado is a well-preserved
Inca adobe complex on the coast
of Peru also know as Puka
Tampu, Pucallacta or Pucahuasi.
The site owes it name to the abundant use of colours on
the walls (mainly red). Some original colours (red,
white and yellow) can still be seen on some of the
walls.
The site is
comprised of several structures around a large central
plaza. The central plaza is shaped like a trapezoid with
its largest side being 150 m long. The main structures
are grouped together in a northern part and a southern
part (Sector Norte and Sector Sur).
Plan of Northern Palace, Tambo Colorado, cut
from a laser scan. The Northern Palace sits on the north
side of the Trapezoidal Plaza and forms a rhomboid
(uneven square) with sides 57-59 m in length. It faces
the valley and its back rises up the slope of a hill.
The palace contains three courts (Rooms 1, 9, and 42),
which succeed one another and decrease in size from
front to back; most of the palace's rooms would have
been roofed as well.
TAMBO
COLORADO
TAMBO
COLORADO
Inner courtyard with compounds on
both sides (in this photo entry to
the premises on the west side)
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COLORADO
Individual Compounds
TAMBO
COLORADO
Individual Compounds
TAMBO
COLORADO
Individual Compounds
TAMBO
COLORADO
Individual Compounds
Through the door is access to a
third level which is known as
Precincts Escalonados (Stepped
Compounds)
TAMBO
COLORADO - view of interior courtyard
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COLORADO
Area with ovens and windows
Possibly a stable?
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COLORADO
View of TAMBO
COLORADO from the Torreσn
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COLORADO
Main inner courtyard with internal
staircase in the middle
TAMBO
COLORADO
Main inner courtyard with internal
staircase in the middle
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COLORADO
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COLORADO
Original paints preserved on the
adobe walls
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COLORADO
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COLORADO
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COLORADO
Access way to the bathes and the Torreσn.
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COLORADO
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COLORADO
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COLORADO
Doorways so narrow only one persona
can access sideways at a time
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The Inca Citadel Of Tambo Colorado
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