• cms.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/sudamerica/sur_proyectos/index.cfm?uNewsID=1101 IUCN Sur project on the Qhapaq Ñan].
  • The qhapaq ñan is the word that defines the road system of the Inca civilization. It is the best proof of the development reached by the Incas in civil engineering.
  • The Qhapaq Ñan, the Andean Road System, represented the backbone of the political and economic power of the Inca State, known as Tawantinsuyo.
  • The Qhapaq Ñan has been declared UNESCO World Heritage in 2014 after a complex process of cultural cooperation among six countries.
  • During the first years of the Colony, the Qhapaq Ñan suffered a stage of abandonment and destruction caused by the abrupt decrease of the number of natives...
  • According to historians, the Qhapaq Ñan represented the basis of Inca political expansion, because it allowed the rapid mobilization of armies and state officials.
  • The Qhapaq Ñan or the GRI (Gran Ruta Inca) is the Inca road system which, at its height, was almost 40,000 km long. ... A day on the Qhapaq Ñan.
  • Learn about the Qhapaq ñan. The Qhapaq Ñan, (also spelt Capac Ñan) means ‘Royal Road’ in the Quechua language.
  • The Qhapaq-Ñan Project promotes the integration of shared cultural values among six countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.