Tipon - flying stairs

Tipon and Picilaqta

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March 27th 2011
Sorry, photo uploading difficulties continue. This blog will only be available in closed captioning. Just when we thought that we had seen enough ruins, we headed out today with our little dutch girl Marilen (a fellow guest at the homestay) to Pikillaqta and Tipon, and were (again) very impressed. Pikillaqta (sp?) is the site of a very large walled city built by the Wari before the Incas were ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more