Ransom Room
The Ransom Room is a small building located in Cajamarca, Peru. It is considered to be the place where the Inca Empire came to an end with the capture and eventual execution of the Inca Emperor Atahualpa.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Francisco de Asis (Cajamarca) and St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Cajamarca.
San Francisco de Asis (Cajamarca)
Church
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Francisco de Asis (Cajamarca) is a church.
St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Cajamarca
Church
Photo: tehzeta, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Catherine's Cathedral, also called Cajamarca Cathedral, is the main place of worship of the Catholic Church in the city of Cajamarca in Peru. Built in Baroque style it is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca, and was declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in Peru in 1972. St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Cajamarca is situated 210 metres northwest of Ransom Room.
Iglesia y Convento de La Recoleta
Church
Photo: Mark R, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iglesia y Convento de La Recoleta is a church, which is situated 570 metres southeast of Ransom Room.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cajamarca.
Cajamarca
Photo: Harleyca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cajamarca, also known by the Quechua name, Kashamarka, is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes.
Ransom Room
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
- Categories: room, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Cajamarca, Cajamarca Province, Cajamarca Department, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-7.15773° or 7° 9′ 28″ southLongitude
-78.51673° or 78° 31′ 0″ westOpen location code
6743RFRM+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 637028733OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2547172
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Ransom Room” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “贖金之屋”
- Dutch: “Ransom Room”
- French: “El Cuarto del Rescate”
- Italian: “El Cuarto del Rescate”
- Italian: “Sala del riscatto”
- Japanese: “エル・クアルト・デル・レスカテ”
- Portuguese: “Quarto do Resgate”
- Russian: “Комната выкупа”
- Spanish: “Cuarto del Rescate”
- Swedish: “El Cuarto del Rescate”
- Swedish: “Lösenrummet”
- Tatar: “йолым бүлмәсе”
- Ukrainian: “Кімната викупу”
- Vietnamese: “Phòng chuộc”
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