Lima -Cieneguilla – Pachacamac – Lima

The Peruvian district of Cieneguilla, is one of the 43 districts that make up the province of Lima. It is located in the southeastern part of the province and is one of the few districts that are not fully urbanized. It limits to the east with the Province of Huarochirí (Lima Region), to the south and to the west limits with the district of Pachacamac, the divider of waters of the Andean foothills that it shares with the districts of Ate and Chaclacayo represent its northern limit.

The history of Cieneguilla goes back to the first millennium of our era, according to the studies carried out by the archaeologist Dr. Alberto Bueno Mendoza. The area was linked to Pachacámac and the towns of Lurín, and it is precisely during the heyday of Tahuantinsuyo when it figured as the last stretch of Capac Ñan or Inca Trail that linked Pachacámac with Cusco, passing through the famous shrine of Apu Nevado Pariaqaqa and the tambos de Jauja y Vilcashuamán. It is precisely in Cieneguilla that the access road to the province of Huarochirí begins, an area with many tourist attractions.

Cieneguilla was gaining importance as a refuge for the Lima people who escaped the stress and the Lima winter. Courtesy www.cieneguilla.com