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Archaeological & historic sites in South America

258 archaeological & historic sites in South America, spread across 11 countries. The best known is Machu Picchu in Peru. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In South America
258
Countries
11
Share of world
2%
Little known
199 of 258

Archaeological & historic sites in South America, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Archaeological & historic sites elsewhere

Europe8,330 Asia2,227 Africa587 North America1,907 Oceania154

Questions about this page

What are the best known archaeological & historic sites in South America?

Machu Picchu in Peru leads the list. 15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Which country in South America has the most?

Peru (137), Chile (28) and Brazil (24). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

258 of the 14,002 archaeological & historic sites on this atlas, so 2%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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