Rumicolca was originally constructed as an aquaduct by the Wari culture, leading to the nearby city of Pikallacta. Centuries later, the Inca transformed this site into a massive gateway for those travelling to Cusco via the main Inca road to the sout...

Raqchi was initially occupied by the Wari Empire. Centuries later the Inca then began to also use this site as an outpost situated along the road from Cusco to their their southern territory within present-day Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.