The Iskanwaya ruins go back to the Mollo culture which predated the Inca civilization and whose people presumably built the constructions as early as 800 BC or in their prime cultural period from 1145 to 1425.
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The sacred site of Iskanwaya is found on the edge of the Cordillera Real, 250 m above the Río Llica and 1,672 meters above sea level.