plaza armes

Arequipa

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July 4th 2008
Today we had a ´free´day from the tour group and was able to explore what we wanted in Areqipa. (This is second largest city in Peru, and populates about 700,000 poeple). We went to the Santa Catalina Convert. This still has nums living in some of their grounds. This is really the only cultural thing we did today other than wandering around the Plaza. We found some nice places to have some drink ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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