The Peru Embassy in Accra, Ghana will be organizing a photo exhibition dubbed The Great Inca Road Exhibition in Accra from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th December 2024 at the Artists Alliance Gallery, located at La. The exhibition is under the theme “The Great Inca Road, Peru: Diversity and Integration”.
The exhibition opens with a launch event for key stakeholders, industry players, members of the media and some invited guests on Thursday 12th December 2024 at 4:30pm. It is open to the general public from Friday 13th December to Saturday 14th December 2024 from 9am to 5pm daily and on Sunday 15th December 2024, between 12 noon and 5pm.
The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq Ñan meaning “royal road” in Quechua was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in pre-Columbian South America. It was about 30,000 kilometers long. The construction of the roads required a large expenditure of time and effort.
The network was composed of formal roads carefully planned, engineered, built, marked and maintained; paved where necessary, with stairways to gain elevation, bridges and accessory constructions such as retaining walls, and water drainage systems.
The Incas used the road system for a variety of reasons, from transportation for people who were traveling through the Empire to military and religious purposes. The road system allowed for a fast movement of persons from one part of the Empire to the other: both armies and workers used the roads to move and the tambos to rest and be fed. It also allowed for the fast movement of information and valuable small goods which traveled through runners.
It received a UNESCO world heritage site accolade in 2014.
