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While visiting Peru I stepped outside my comfort zone to talk to locals, give them a compliment, and ask for their portrait. You can read the full story here: www.contiki.com/six-two/lauren-randolph-photographer-kind...
While visiting Peru I stepped outside my comfort zone to talk to locals, give them a compliment, and ask for their portrait. You can read the full story here: www.contiki.com/six-two/lauren-randolph-photographer-kind...
While visiting Peru I stepped outside my comfort zone to talk to locals, give them a compliment, and ask for their portrait. You can read the full story here: www.contiki.com/six-two/lauren-randolph-photographer-kind...
Machu Picchu (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmatʃu ˈpiktʃu], Quechua: Machu Picchu [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu], "Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as the "City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
The Incas started building the "estate" around 1400, but abandoned it as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest.
Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of what the structures originally looked like. By 1976, thirty percent of Machu Picchu had been restored. The restoration work continues to this day.
Since the site was never known to the Spanish during their conquest, it is highly significant as a relatively intact cultural site. Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana (Hitching post of the Sun), the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu.
In September 2007, Peru and Yale University almost reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Yale has held since Hiram Bingham removed them from Machu Picchu in the early 20th century. In November 2010, a Yale University representative agreed to return the artifacts to a Peruvian university.
Evento organizado por A1.Perú. Lima, Perú. Mis blogs recomendados.
Event organized by www.a1peru.com/. Lima, Peru. My recommended blogs.
Peruvian woman sells her handwork on the stairs of a house ...
Arequipa - Peru
Arequipa is de derde stad qua inwonertal in Peru. De stad ligt in het zuiden van het land, 1000 km verwijderd van Lima, op een hoogte van 2325 meter boven zeeniveau en ongeveer 300 kilometer ten noorden van de grens met Chili. De Plaza de Armas wordt als één van de mooiste van Peru bevonden; de kathedraal en de talrijke koloniale gebouwen sieren het plein.
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Arequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. It is the second most populous city of the country. Arequipa lies in the Andes mountains, at an altitude of 2,335 meters above sea level; the former snow-capped volcano El Misti overlooks the city.
Complejo Arqueológico de Chinchero (Valle Sagrado).
Chinchero - Urubamba - Cusco - Perú
Valle Sagrado de los Incas:
Los principales poblados son, Machupichu, Pisac, Yucay, Chinchero, Ollantaytambo, Maray, Maras y Urubamba.
El río Vilcanota (Urubamba) recorre los principales poblados. Los incas creían que este río era la representación terrenal de la Vía Láctea.
Video "Valle Sagrado": youtu.be/Q2Sp7DJXC24?feature=shared
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Cusco, a city in the Peruvian Andes, was once capital of the Inca Empire, and is now known for its archaeological remains and Spanish colonial architecture.
Plaza de Armas is the central square in the old city, with arcades, carved wooden balconies and Incan wall ruins.
The San Blas neighborhood is the heart of the city of Cusco. People who have been in this neighborhood say that a mysterious energy is felt through its streets.
The Central Market of Cusco or Mercado de San Pedro was built in 1925 and is the oldest in the city.
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.
Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.
Juliaca is the largest city in the Puno Region located in Peru's Alitplano (highlands) at an altitude of 3825 m. It is not far off the Northwestern corner of Lake Titicaca. It is located on the Puno to Cusco highway and railroad where both branch off to Arequipa.This makes Juliaca a major trade and transportation hub and an industrial city.