La primera día de mi vida peruana! Photo 12

La primera día de mi vida peruana!

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May 17th 2010
Ok! So monday was an eventful day with a lot of walking around Lima. The first thing we did was go to Huaca Pucllana, which was a giant church of the indigenas people of Lima. It was made with adobito bricks, which are small bricks made from adobe, or a primative form of cement made from a combination of clay, water, dirt, and ground up rocks. The name means "a place for ritual games" and is de ... 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