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Cuzco, Peru: Armas, Plaza de
Tour Cuzco, Peru, and learn how it deals with the admixture of traditional and modern ways of life
Cuzco Inca stonework Cuzco, Peru: Society of Jesus, Church of the Cuzco, Peru: Santo Domingo, church of Cuzco, Peru: Santo Domingo, convent of Cuzco: temple walls of the Koricancha Cuzco, Peru: cathedral Battlements of the Sacsahuamán ruins, built by the Inca, near Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru: Armas, Plaza de
Plaza de Armas, Cuzco, Peru.
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Inca stonework
Walls of Inca stonework form the foundations of Spanish structures lining a street...
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Cuzco, Peru: Society of Jesus, Church of the
Church of the Society of Jesus, Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru: Santo Domingo, church of
Entrance to the church of Santo Domingo, Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru: Santo Domingo, convent of
The convent of Santo Domingo, built on the gray stone walls of the Incan temple Koricancha...
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Cuzco: temple walls of the Koricancha
Inca temple walls on the grounds of the Koricancha at Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru: cathedral
The cathedral of Cuzco, Peru. It was built on the site of the Inca palace of Viracocha...
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Battlements of the Sacsahuamán ruins, built by the Inca, near Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru: Sacsahuamán
Battlements of the Inca fortress of Sacsahuamán in Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru: Sacsahuamán
Stone building at the ruins of the Inca fortress of Sacsahuamán in Cuzco, Peru.
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Sacsahuamán, Peru: llama
Woman leading a llama at Sacsahuamán, Peru.
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Cuzco: Sacsahuamán battlements
Battlements of the Sacsahuamán fortress, near Cuzco, Peru.
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Machu Picchu, Peru.
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Ollantaytambo, Peru: Inca drystone construction
Detail of Inca drystone construction at Ollantaytambo, near Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco
Cuzco, Peru.
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Cuzco, Peru
Plaza de Armas with the cathedral (left) and the church of the Compañía de Jesús...
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Stone walls of the giant Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman on a hill above Cuzco, Peru.
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Inca fort
Inca fort at Sacsahuamán, Cuzco, Peru.
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Sacsayhuamán
A section of the remains of the monumental Inca fortress of Sacsayhuamán, near Cuzco,...
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Cuzco, Peru: cathedral
The cathedral of Cuzco, Peru.
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