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PLAZA DE ARMAS (Main Square): It
was Francisco Pizarro, the founder of Lima who
determined the area for the square, as well as the
location for the Government House (now Government
Palace), the Cathedral and the Cabildo (Town Hall).
Today, this square continues to occupy the same
original area, in the middle of which there is a
splendid bronze fountain dating back to 1650.
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According to our history, it was the first Inka,
Manko Qhapaq who built the original temple. But, it was the ninth,
Pachakuteq who since 1438 reconstructed, enlarged, improved and
modernized the most important religious complex of the vast Inkan
Society.
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The Collao Plateau Is the
geographical space, where ancient and Important
cultures like Pucara and, later, Tiahuanaco,
appeared.This is the region where, according to the
legend, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo emerged from the
sacred Lake Titicaca to found the Inca Empire.
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A branch the South Pan-American
road leads up from the coast to Arequipa connecting
it with Lima and Tacna. There are 1,020 krn (632
miles) between Arequipa and Lima and 400 km (248
miles) between Arequipa and Tacna.
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This is Nasca, a unique place due
to the mysteries of its marvelous lines and figures,
drawn with spectacular perfection, by the gods... by
aliens... by giants or by ordinary people? The
beauty and magnitude of the lines must be observed
from above.
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It is advisable to spend some
days in one of the different lodges, built in the style of the area, that are found on the banks of
tributaries in the jungle. There you may visit
indigenous tribes, take walks in the jungle and
appreciate the varied flora and fauna.
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This is the least populated
territory in Peru, with only 600,000 people living in its 80,000 kM2 (30,880 sq miles) of jungle area. Its capital Is a riverside
city known as Puerto Maldonado with 25, 000 Inhabitants.
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Diego de Almagro founded the city of Trujillo in 1534 as
an express assignment ordered by Francisco Pizarro. He founded the city on the Moche River
Valley to tatake advantage of the political prestige of its Caciques. Thus, the Chimor
Valley has preserved its cultural hegemony
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The North of Peru is rich and
full of interesting places such as Trujillo,
Chiclayo and the lost world of the Chachapoyas.
The Pre-Columbian Chachapoyas culture, conquered in
the 15th century by the Incas, has left a landscape
scattered with villages and burial sites which until
recently had been largely overlooked by
archaeologists.
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Natural Heritage of Peru
Established in 1975, the Parque Nacional Huascarán
contains all the Cordillera Blanca (with the
exception of the distant Nevado Champará in its
extreme north), the highest range of the Peruvian
Andes and the highest range in the world's tropical
zone
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Piura is a city in northwestern Peru. It is the
capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province.
The population is approximately 400,000.
It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro
founded the first Spanish city in South America, San
Miguel de Piura, in 1532, thus earning the modern
day city its Peruvian nickname: "La Primera Ciudad"-
meaning: the first city.
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capital of Cajamarca prov., N
Peru. An important commercial center, Cajamarca is
situated at an altitude of c.9,000 ft (2,740 m) and
has a cool, dry climate. Most of the population is
indigenous. Grains and alfalfa as well as dairy
cattle are raised in the region, and gold, silver,
and copper come from nearby mines. Textiles,
headwear, and leather products are manufactured.
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