Plaza de Armas

Feliz Navidad para Cusco

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December 25th 2007
Feliz Navidad!!! Today is Christmas in Cusco and the girls and I woke up early, opened our llama socks and tiny tourist trinkets from eachother and after a great feast of pancakes and fruit are spending time catching up and talking with family. Christmas in Cusco is very different and exciting. As with most of South America, Cusco is dominantly Catholic so the chunk of Christmas is celebrated on t ... 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