Huaca Pucllana Miraflores, Lima, Peru, 2015. Creator: Luis Rosendo.

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Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana (possibly from Quechua wak'a, a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game); is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.

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