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More than five hundred years ago when the Spanish conquerors first set foot in the Americas in search of adventure, wealth and a new life, they never imagined not even in their wildest dreams, that they would find what they did. They could not conceive a world of "infidels" with such a culture; an "underdeveloped" world with such cities and palaces as those they ... read more »
FOUNDED BY THE CONQUEROR FRANCISCO PIZARRO,TODAY WE CAN ADMIRE THE SPLENDOUR FO ITS EARLY YEARS.VICEROYAL CITY Ever since its founding in 1535 and up until the independence of other South American countries took place at the beginning of the XIX century. Lima the Capital of Peru was the principal city of Hispanic América. It was founded by Conqueror Francisco Pizarro and today one ... read more »
THE HISTORIC CITY OF CUSCO QOSQO: THE CAPITAL OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EMPIRE More than five hundred years ago when the Spanish conquerors first set foot in the Americas in search of adventure, wealth and a new life, they never imagined not even in their wildest dreams, that they would find what they did. They could not conceive a world of "infidels" ... read more »
THE HISTORY OF CUSCO The legendary Huatanay Valley was populated by human settlements since early times and later housed the pre-hispanic urban population of Qosqo (Cusco), the capital of the Andean state of Tawantinsuyo and important administrative, religious and military center. It was later, in Colonial times, a great urban indigenous and Hispanic center, the economic and military capital of the Viceroyalty of ... read more »
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