Arequipa, Peru
April 4th 2008 Locals sometimes say ´when the moon separated from the earth, it forgot to take Arequipa.´
This beautiful city has grand colonial buildings, built from a light-coloured volcanic rock called sillar that is simply stunning. The modern city of Arequipa was founded on 15 August 1540, by Garcí Manuel de Carbajal, an emissary of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Today, Arequipa is the 2nd la
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