12:17 | Cusco (Cusco region), May. 10.
Peru's Culture Minister Salvador del Solar unveiled completed restoration works on Inca agricultural terraces located in Yucay district's Paraccaypata area, Urubamba province.
Conservation works helped patch up said agricultural terraces, which experienced serious deterioration and showed loss of stone elements in the structure.
Emergency works entailed an investment of S/100,000 (about US$30,413) from Decentralized Culture Directorate of Cusco (DDCC).
Paraccaypata agricultural terraces, or Andenes, are about 100-meter long and 5-meter high. They are surrounded by a river channeled during Inca times, which irrigates fertile lands destined for the Panacas (royal families) during the Incanato (period of rule of the Inca empire).
Bifacial stairs stand out among the place's most distinctive features. They resemble two bifurcated stair-step like access points that facilitate the flow of people.
Another highlight includes the impressive stone-lined irrigation channel, which denotes Incas' stylish architectural practice.
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Published: 5/10/2017