Nunnery, Pachacamac

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Bruno Girin
published on 10 June 2016
Nunnery, Pachacamac Download Full Size Image

A view of the 'Nunnery' building at the sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, south of Lima. The 'Nunnery' provided accommodation for female priests and was built by the Incas when they took over the site in the late 15th century CE.

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Girin, B. (2016, June 10). Nunnery, Pachacamac. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5195/nunnery-pachacamac/

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Girin, Bruno. "Nunnery, Pachacamac." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 10, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5195/nunnery-pachacamac/.

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