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The city of Arequipa, located in the south of Peru, is known as the “White City”. This distinctive was given due to its colonial constructions of ashlar, a “volcanic rock” that looks like a porous rock. This rock is the product of a mass of igneous material with gas that was expelled with great forces …
Pachamama Raymi which means “Festival of Mother Earth” in English is held every first week of August. People from Cusco pay tribute to Mother Earth as a way to show their gratitude for blessing their crops, which are used for supporting their families for all the year. This traditional worship for the Pachamama dates back …
The Inca Culture is one of the most important cultures in the South American continent and has left a tangible legacy of the pre-Columbian civilizations in the territory that we now know as Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Undoubtedly, the ruins of Machu Picchu are the living proof of the intelligence and creativity of …
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The myths and legends of Puno are fantastic stories that are passed on from generation to generation about the supernatural origin of certain phenomena and mythological beings of Puno. These stories have different tweaks depending on who tells them, since there will always be something that is added or omitted in order to catch the listener’s attention …
Huayna Picchu, also known as New Mountain or Young Mountain in its translation from Quechua into Spanish, is located at 2,667 m.a.s.l. in the region of Cusco. Its circular shape base is surrounded by the Urubamba River, to the north of the citadel of Machu Picchu. It will be worth getting to this place because you will see the land of …
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An indisputable sample of the Inca and Hispanic cultures fusion. Coricancha, the Inca Temple of the Sun, was one of the most sacred and respected buildings of the Inca Empire. People from all over the Empire gathered at this temple to worship and pay tribute to their gods, but the interior of the enclosure was reserved …
As we have said in past notes, the great city of Cusco was formerly the capital of the majestic Tahuantinsuyo empire. Today, we are the heirs of an ancient culture. This is reflected not only in the archaeological complexes that have survived throughout the city and the Sacred Valley, but also in the architecture of …
Inspired by the 7 wonders of the ancient world, in 2007 a public and international contest organized by the New Open World Corporation was held, where more than one hundred million votes were counted to publicize the new seven world monuments and tourist attractions who would bear this prestigious title. This corporation, through an internal …
Quechua, also called Runa simi, was the language spoken by the Incas and is the native language that has spread the most throughout South America. Today it is spoken by an average of 12 million people in different regions of Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia. Although the Inca language does not have the same …
Follow these simple steps to make your trip a magical experience Cusco has an ancient past that beats in its streets, squares and valleys. No one resists the path of its history and Incas engineering which dominated the stone as few cultures have done in the past. The best example of this is Machu Picchu …
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