{{short description|Archaeological site in Peru}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = Huaca Santa Catalina | image = Huaca santa catalina.jpg | caption = | map_type = <!--Peru--> | map_alt = | map_size = <!--270--> | relief = <!--yes--> | coordinates = | location = [[Santa Catalina, Lima]] | cultures = [[Ichma]], [[Inca]] }} '''Huaca Santa Catalina''' is an [[archaeological site]] located at Jirón Pascual Saco Oliveros 875,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aniversario de La Victoria: conoce la histórica huaca que el distrito alberga |url=https://elcomercio.pe/vamos/noticias/la-victoria-conoce-mas-de-la-huaca-santa-catalina-lima-aniversario-de-la-victoria-noticia/ |date=2022-02-02 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> between Miguel Checa and Pascual Saco streets, in the neighbourhood of [[Santa Catalina, Lima|Santa Catalina]], in [[La Victoria District, Lima]], [[Peru]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Pachacamac y el canal de Guatca en el bajo Rímac |journal=Arqueología de la Costa Central del Perú en los Periodos Tardíos |url=https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/5362 |last=Cornejo Guerrero |first=Miguel Antonio |issue=3 |volume=33 |pages=783-814 |doi=10.4000/bifea.5362 |year=2004|doi-access=free }}</ref> It's one of the few remains of the ''[[Qhapaq Ñan]]'' (the Inca road system) that exist in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/@culturaparalima/la-victoria-recorre-la-huaca-santa-catalina-c03ebf76807 |title=Conoce la huaca Santa Catalina en La Victoria |date=2015-12-09 |website=[[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Museos en Línea]] |publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Cultura para Lima]]}}</ref>
It was an important meeting point for the two cultures that inhabited it, the [[Ichma culture|Ychsmas]] and the [[Inca]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Taller de arte y arqueología en la Huaca Santa Catalina. Guía para docentes. |publisher=[[Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima]] |year=2013 |language=es |url=https://issuu.com/limacultura/docs/web_santa_catalina}}</ref> For three centuries, these cultures settled in the [[Lurín River|Lurín]] and [[Rímac River|Rímac]] valleys, being expert farmers, and developing large-scale fishing and trade. It was also an important place of worship and exploration.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Perfil de proyecto: acondicionamiento de los servicios turísticos para la visita a la Huaca Santa Catalina – distrito de La Victoria |last=Espinoza Angulo |first=Jimmy |year=2010 |language=es |url=https://issuu.com/dearmtfk/docs/perfil_santacatalina}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Ichma culture]] *[[Inca Empire]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Lima landmarks}} [[Category:Cultural heritage of Peru]] [[Category:Archaeological sites in the Department of Lima]] [[Category:La Victoria District, Lima]]