Royal Inca Road, artwork
Royal Inca Road. Artwork of the Royal Inca Road (Camino Real) through the Andes built and maintained by the Incas. This northern mountain section (the western coastal trail is not shown) ran for over 5000 kilometres through highlands and mountains from Quito in the north to Lake Titicaca (lower right) in the south, and beyond. Inset illustrations show terraced fields, bridges, paved sections, and the Inca capital Cuzco. In steep areas, steps were built. The Incas were a civilisation that inhabited the Andean regions of northern South America. They ruled an extensive empire in the 15th and 16th centuries, which fell to the invading Spanish conquistadors.
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