The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a heritage preservation movement which, through programmes such as the World Monuments Watch, advocates for the protection of sites across the globe, each more extraordinary than the last.<\/p>\n
Including several in Peru.<\/p>\n
1. The Chankillo site<\/strong> 2. The Pachacamac sanctuary<\/strong> 3. The Machu Picchu sanctuary<\/strong> 4. The churches of San Jos\u00e9 and San Javier<\/strong> [slideshow id=7]<\/p>\n 5. The archaeological site of Pikillaqta<\/strong> 6. The church of San Francisco de Asis<\/strong> 7. Tambo Colorado<\/strong> 8. The church of Santa Cruz de Jerusal\u00e9n<\/strong> 9. San Pedro Apostol de Andahuaylillas<\/strong> The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a heritage preservation movement which, through programmes such as the World Monuments Watch, advocates for the protection of sites across the globe, each more extraordinary than the last. Including several in Peru. 1. The Chankillo site This complex, dedicated to the sun, is thought to be the oldest solar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":64740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[2873,2440,2874],"class_list":["post-65529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peru","tag-a-ne-pas-manquer","tag-perou","tag-sites"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etendues-sauvages.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis complex, dedicated to the sun, is thought to be the oldest solar calendar discovered in Peru. A temple made up of a fort and 13 astronomical towers, it was built by the Chav\u00edn civilisation well before the sun cult of the Inca Empire.<\/p>\n
\nLocated south of Lima, this archaeological site is a major religious complex comprising imposing monuments such as the Temple of the Sun, the Painted Temple and the Temple of the Moon.<\/p>\n
\nThe sacred city of the Inca Empire, a true \u201clost city\u201d with its temples, terraces and palaces, Machu Picchu is regarded as a highly symbolic work of this civilisation’s architecture.<\/p>\n
\nLocated in the Nazca region and a symbol of Jesuit prosperity in the 18th century, the churches of San Jos\u00e9 and San Javier feature fa\u00e7ades richly decorated in the emblematic style of Baroque architecture.<\/p>\n
\nTucked a few kilometres from Cuzco, the former capital, Pikillaqta \u2014 \u201cthe City of Lice\u201d \u2014 was a major urban and ceremonial centre of the Huari civilisation.<\/p>\n
\nBuilt at the end of the 16th century in the Marcapata valley, this church has been restored using maintenance techniques passed down from generation to generation. It displays a magnificent Baroque architecture born of the blending of Spanish and Andean cultures.<\/p>\n
\nThe best-preserved monument of the Inca Empire, located in Humay on Peru’s coast, it was built under the reign of Pachacutec. Its name means \u201cRed Relay Station\u201d, referring to the dominant colour of its walls; this town conceals a complex maze of alleyways and staircases, squares, and palaces richly decorated with the famous trapezoidal Inca niches.<\/p>\n
\nThe cultural and religious centre of the 16th-century Jesuit community based in Juli, this granite church blends Baroque architecture with local traditions.<\/p>\n
\nBuilt by the Jesuits in the 16th century, this church in the Cuzco region is known as \u201cPeru’s Sistine Chapel\u201d for the beauty of its murals, and is also famous for its two organs, the oldest in the Americas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"