Inca rope bridge
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Inca rope bridges are simple suspension bridges over canyons, gorges and rivers constructed by the Inca Empire. The bridges were an integral part of the Inca road system and exemplify Inca innovation
The annually reconstructed Queshuachaca ("rope bridge") in the Quehue District is the last of its kind.
The old bridge sags (Slide show)
Notice how much less the new bridge sags
Builders gather during the renewal
Queshuachaca
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Queshuachaca is the last remaining Inca rope bridge, consisting of grass ropes that span the Apurímac River near Huinchiri, in Quehue District, Canas Province, Peru.
Inca rope bridge
…Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927). Made of grass, the last remaining Inca rope bridge, reconstructed every June, is the Q'iswa Chaka (Quechua for "rope bridge"), spanning the Apurimac River near Huinchiri, in Canas Province, Quehue District, Peru. Even though there is a modern bridge…
Queshuachaca bridge
The Q'eswachaka bridge