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North: Ecuador Colombia |
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East: Brazil Bolivia |
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South: Chile |
Official language: Spanish
Population: 24 800 000
Capital: Lima - 6 022 000
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ATLAS PHOTO: SOUTH AMERICA: REPUBLIC OF PERU
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Area: 1 285 216 qu.km. Official language: Spanish Population: 24 800 000 Capital: Lima - 6 022 000 |
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Peru photo gallery This gallery contains pictures of many tourist sights of Peru taken professionally - impressive mountain landscapes, ruins of towns of Incas Empire, churches and squares of Lima. The gallery has a convenient menu - in form of a film that could be moved with arrows. Select a preview picture on the film to see a large version. The web-site provides comprehensive information for tourists who are going to visit Peru. |
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Travel to Machu Picchu These are very interesting pictures of views of an ancient Inkas city in 50 km. to the northwest from Cusco. 12 sections of large photos! |
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My best photographs of Machu Picchu A collection with high-quality pictures of well-known ancient city /Machu Picchu, Peru/. Here, there are also some video rollers in MPEG-format. |
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Peru in Photos Some different formatted pictures, among which there are also some nice landscapes. The section is most interesting devoted to city Cusco. |
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Picture Gallery Mountain views, urban landscapes, famous ruins Machu Picchu - some sketches from life of Peru. |
| MACHU PICCHU |
| In summer 1911, in the Andes (territory of Peru) an ancient Incas town was revealed. Its name - Machu Picchu (Old Peak) came from the name of a nearest mountain. Machu Picchu located in a saddle, nearby Urubamba river and surrounded by jungles. The inhabitants left the town in the beginning of 16th century, when the Spaniards invaded into Incas Empire. The town amazes visitors with its buildings which remain almost intact despite of numerous earthquakes. There are not any fortresses here, most of buildings have religious purposes. The researches come to the conclusion that Machu Picchu was a center of worship to the Sun. |
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