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History. Peru was the cradle of ancient civilizations which began to develop more than ten thousand years ago, on its territory’s cold highland plains. Caral was the culmination of Peru’s first cultural process, known as the Initial Period, and its main characteristics are the building of mud brick stepped temples, circular plazas and small ...
Geography of Peru. / 10.000°S 76.000°W / -10.000; -76.000. Peru is a country on the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. It lies wholly in the Southern Hemisphere, its northernmost extreme reaching to 1.8 minutes of latitude or about 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator.
Peru ( špa. Perú, keču. Piruw, ajmar. Piruw ), dlhý tvar Peruánska republika ( špa. República del Perú ), je štát na západnom pobreží Južnej Ameriky. Hraničí s Ekvádorom a Kolumbiou na severe, Brazíliou na východe, Bolíviou na juhovýchode a s Čile na juhu. Západné brehy obmýva Tichý oceán .
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. [2] [3] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province [4] above the Sacred Valley ...
Apr 3, 2018 · 1866 - Peruvian-Spanish war. 1879-83 - Peru and Bolivia are defeated by Chile during the Pacific War in which Peru loses territory in the south to Chile. 1924 - Victor Raul Haya de la Torre sets ...
Peru [5] (1883–present; capital) Lima ( / ˈliːmə / LEE-mə; locally [ˈlima] ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes ( locally [sjuˈðað ðe los ˈreʝes], Spanish for "City of Kings "), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central ...
