Huaca Mateo Saladolocated near the center of Lima and surrounded by apartment buildings, is a silent witness to the splendor of the Ichma people, who flourished about 900 years ago and were annexed to the Inca Empire in the fifteenth century.
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“Nice to visit Huaca Mateo Salado at night, with so much history to be learned, because what is written in books or what is taught in school is not the same as experiencing it,” says Elizabeth Galarza, a 52-year-old housewife, during guided tours of just over an hour, for which they pay 15 soles.
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Matthew Salty, a monumental sanctuary of stepped and truncated pyramids occupies a fenced area of almost 17 hectares in the middle of busy avenues clogged with cars. Templo Mayor is rectangular, 18 meters high and 164 meters long.
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“This is the ceremonial administrative center of the Ichma culture, which was the most representative culture here in Lima,” explains the museum director. Complex Mateo SaladoPedro Espinosa, who adds that it is one of the “largest archaeological sites in the city”.
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The guide illuminates the lanes and stairs with a flashlight huaca Matthew Saltyand visitors shoot videos and take selfies next to the pyramids, which in ancient Peru were a kind of skyscraper.
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From the top of the Templo Mayor and the Pyramid of Birds Difficult Matthew Salty you can see a good part of Lima, despite the fact that in the vicinity there are modern apartment buildings from 15 floors and above.
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In ancient Peru pyramids they became large buildings that stood out on the plain of the Vale. They also had a visual impact on the population that lived around them,” explains the Director of the Complex.
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“They were also religious emblems and emblems of power,” adds an archaeologist from Monumental complex of Mateo SaladoPedro Spinoza.
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In the fifteenth century, with the arrival of the invading Inca armies from Cuzco, the ancient shrine of ichma It was connected to the imperial road network known as Qhapaq Ñan.
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The original section of the route is still preserved in Huaca Mateo Saladowhich recently resumed night tours after being suspended for two and a half years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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During the time of the Spanish colony, on the ruins of this ancient Ichma Ceremonial Center the French hermit Mateus Salad settled down to live, whose name was castellanized to Matthew Salty.
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Matthew Saltywho was a Protestant, was arrested, betrayed by the Spanish Inquisition and burned at the stake in the Plaza Mayor in Lima on November 15, 1573, on charges of heresy.
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The pre-Hispanic monumental complex, then located outside the walled colonial capital, later became known by the name of its unfortunate resident: Huaca Mateo Salado.
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