Little does he know...

Sucre is a Sunday

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September 23rd 2007
Sucre is stuck in a time warp, actually in two time warps. For one thing UNESCO has declared the city centre a World Heritage Site and it is now forever preserved as it was in the middle to late 19th century. This was the principal city of the Spannish colonial period and all the buildings are in typical late colonial style, white washed and on a tidy grid of quiet streets around a green Plaza ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more