CUSCO - INDEPENDANCE DAY

Independance Day celebrations....groups of young boys and girls dress in traditional dress. Not sure what for other than for us tourists to take photos of...but I am sure that they had more purpose than that I just never saw it

THE COBBLED STONE STREETS OF CUSCO

July 13th 2007
I am not really sure where to start with Cusco as I stayed there for over a month and the whole experience was great. So maybe a little history to start with.....Cusco was once the foremost city of the Inca Empire and is now the undisputed archaeological capital of the whole of the Americas. It is also the oldest continuously inhabited city on the continent......so it holds a lot of titles. Leg ... 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

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