Cusco to Lima

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August 13th 2014
Today was our last day in Cusco. As I write, we are back in the capital city, Lima, for a quick overnight stop. This morning we had a few hours left for a little more tourism so we walked to the Coricancha in Cusco. This is a church and convent built by the Spanish right on top of a very important Incan sun temple. The Spanish apparently realized that the Incan stone foundations were extreme ... 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