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Cusco

The sun casts a warm glow over the ancient ruins and modern buildings of Cusco, nestled at 3,400 meters in the Peruvian Andes, showcasing its historical significance and architectural beauty.

The Inca capital, at 3,400 metres in the southern Peruvian Andes. Founded perhaps in the twelfth century and rebuilt on a grand scale under Pachacuti in the fifteenth, Cusco was the political and ritual centre of an empire stretching from modern Colombia to central Chile. Spanish colonial buildings now sit atop intact Inca foundations throughout the historic core.

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