  Shown within Peru | |
| Alternate name | Mawk'a Llaqta |
|---|---|
| Location | San Antonio, Castilla Province, Arequipa Region, Peru |
| Region | Andes |
| Coordinates | 15°41′07″S72°37′21″W / 15.68528°S 72.62250°W Coordinates: 15°41′07″S72°37′21″W / 15.68528°S 72.62250°W |
Mawk'allaqta, also Mawk'a Llaqta [1] (Quechua mawk'a ancient, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), [2] "ancient place", hispanicized spelling Maucallacta), the architectural Inca complex, is located above the contemporary village of San Antonio (Pampacolca District, Castilla Province, Arequipa Region), 3,700 meters above sea level, and overlooks the neighbouring valley. The nearest bigger town, Pampacolca, is located approximately 170 kilometers (approx. 110 miles) north-west of the city Arequipa in the southern highlands of Peru.
Pampacolca or Pampaqullqa is one of fourteen districts of the province Castilla in Peru.
Castilla Province is one of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. It was named after Ramón Castilla.
The archaeological project "Condesuyos" has been carried out since 1996 by the Center for Pre-Columbian Studies (University of Warsaw, Poland) represented by its Director, Prof. Dr. Mariusz Ziółkowski, and Universidad Católica Santa María (Arequipa, Peru) represented by Dr. Luis Augusto Belan Franco, the Director of the University Archaeological Museum and Dr. Maximo Neira Avendaño – the scientific consultant for the project. The project is being carried out in co-operation with the Instituto Nacional de Cultura of Peru and covers archaeological investigation in the vicinity of the volcano Coropuna which was frequently mentioned by chroniclers of the 16th and 17th centuries as an oracle, worshipped since pre-Inca times. The architectural complex Mawk'allaqta, composed of more than two hundred stone buildings and tombs, an ushnu and three huge ceremonial platforms, made of stones and earth, may be considered the principal administrative, pilgrimage and religious centre related to the volcano and the most important Inca site discovered in Kuntisuyu, the fourth quarter of the Inca Empire. Mawk'allaqta is being investigated as part of a sub-project which forms part of the archaeological project "Condesuyos".
The University of Warsaw, established in 1816, is the largest university in Poland. It employs over 6,000 staff including over 3,100 academic educators. It provides graduate courses for 53,000 students. The University offers some 37 different fields of study, 18 faculties and over 100 specializations in Humanities, technical as well as Natural Sciences.
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.
The Catholic University of Santa María (UCSM) is a local private University in Arequipa, Peru, and has been in continuous operation since it was founded, on 6 December 1961. It was founded by William Daniel Morris Christy, an American priest from St. Louis, Missouri.
Mawk'allaqta was inaugurated and opened to visitors on August 29, 2009.
