🏛️ Sacred City of Caral-Supe

Peru · Americas · Cultural · 10.89°S, 77.52°W

The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, or simply Caral, is an archaeological site in Peru where the remains of the main city of the Caral civilization are found. It is located in the Supe District of Peru, near the current town of Caral, 182 kilometres (113 mi) north of Lima, 23 kilometres (14 mi) from the coast and 350 meters above sea level. It is attributed an antiquity of 5,000 years and it is considered the oldest city in the Americas and one of the oldest in the world. No other site has been found with such a diversity of monumental buildings or different ceremonial and administrative functions in the Americas as early as Caral. It has been declared a Humanity Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO.

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Quick facts

Country	Peru
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	10.89°S, 77.52°W · view on map

Sacred City of Caral-Supe is a cultural World Heritage site in Peru, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Sacred City of Caral-Supe was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Peru

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu · City of Cusco · Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca · Historic Centre of Lima · Chan Chan · Chavín · Huascarán National Park · Manú National Park · Qhapaq Ñan · Historic Centre of Arequipa · Río Abiseo National Park · City of Cuzco · Río Abiseo National Park · Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa · Manú National Park · Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex.

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