In the Cordillera Negra of Central Peru.
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Lady and pet
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Cordillera Negra, Peru
The Black Range, so named as it usually escapes the snow that falls on the higher ranges. But beautiful in its own way.
Central Peru.
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Chilly morning, Puno
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Burial towers of Sillustani, Peru
These strange structures found in southern Peru are called chullpas and belong to the nobility of a pre-Incan people.
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October 19, 2009 • 4:06 pm 0
High-altitude camping, Peru
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Elderly Peruvian lady
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Ollantaytambo, Peru
The Inca settlement of Ollantaymbo was a focal point of Inca resistance during the Spanish conquest of Peru.
The adjacent town of the same name is one of the most intact Inca towns still in existence, with houses, streets and drainage systems almost entirely unchanged from the time of the Incas, some five hundred years ago.
The terraces were used for agriculture.
Trademark Incan masonry with irregular shapes and very tight fits between individual stones.
Filed under: architecture, history, landscape, peru , architecture, inca, masonry, ollantaytambo, peru, ruins, stone, terraces, walls
October 18, 2009 • 11:09 pm 0
A pair of Peruvian boys
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Sacsayhuaman, Peru
The immense yet intricate masonry of the Inca sacred site Sacsayhuaman, on the outskirts of Cuzco, Peru.
The unfinished look to the tops of the walls show where the Spaniards took stone to build their own religious structures in the newly conquered Inca capital of Cuzco.
Filed under: architecture, history, peru , andes, cuzco, inca, masonry, peru, ruins, sacsayhuaman, stone, walls
