SACRED VALLEY: Local women at Corao market / VALLE SAGRADO: Mujeres locales en mercado de Corao

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A visit to the Navel of the World / Una visita al Ombligo del Mundo

April 20th 2006
Cuzco (altitude: 3,500 m / 11,500 ft), from the Quechua Qosqo (which is now the official spelling) means the “navel of the world” - a name the Incas must have thought fitting for the capital of their mighty empire, which spread some 4,000 kms (2,500 miles) along the Andes from modern day Ecuador to Chile, just south of Santiago (so you get a better idea with more familiar countries, ... 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

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