Historic-Cultural Tourism
From Wiki Sumaq Peru
Peru is a great tourist destination for all tourists around the world. Our country has an amazing wealth thanks to our Hitory and monumental archaological sites. In this land, important cultures reached their development as civilizations or societies that even nowadays impress the entire world due to their knwoledge, constructions, beliefs and their own way to understand and to see the world around them.
Peru is a land of beautiful lanscapes,impressive mountains, plentiful rivers, abrupt grounds and imposing snows, but it also has a valuable and admirable past. The cultures and different societies that preceded us, are an example of their progrees through their art, technology, customs,rituals etc. Peru is well- known mostly because of the presence of Machu Picchu, which was awarded as one of the Seven New Wonders, nobody could say something different about this magic place, however Peruvians are proud of the entire set of Cultural and Historical Heritage, conformed by ruins, Archaeological sites, museums, cathedrals, fountains, among others.
Many centuries before the development of the Inka Civilization, at the same time than others powerful culutres were spreading across Asia or Africa, such as Mesopotamy, Egypt,India and China. In peru was growing the oldest Southamerican civilization called Caral set in the North of the city of Lima, Caral means an important urban setlement in the Pre-ceramic Period (3000-2000 BC).
Subsequently, the Chavin Culture, this Religious Centre was built in the year 327 B.C. approximately, in the Valley of the Mosna River and at 3180 metres above sea level. It was discovered for the modern world by Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello in 1919. Since then, the so called "Father of Peruvian Archaeology" would dedicated many years of his life to the study of this Culture, which attained a great level of development in architecture, agriculture and pottery, and whose influence reached the Northern and Southern territories of Peru.
Other culutres of considerable importance were Paracas,Nazca, Moche, Lambayeque and the very famous Lord of Sipan, Chimu and many others cultures of local development.
Centuries later, the Inka Civilization dominate a big portion of the Peruvian territory and some others from Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador. Inkas got the power between the centuries of 1400 and 1500, getting an splendid architectonical, adninistrative and religious knowledge.
They made of Cuzco the center of the empire, building awesome places like Sacsayhuaman, Pisac or Coricancha, the myth and the History were gathered in this place. The inka trail, the comunities, the people and the traditions are a testimony of the Andean sacred spirit.
Buth the Enpire soon changed its administration and the power was done to the Spamiards, who started a new era in the Peruvian History, getting a mixture between both cultures: the national and the foreign cultures. During the Colony , were built beautiful churches, houses, pent houses, cathedral, arts, customs, language changed to acquire the Spanish Influence. Finally during the Republican Period,The war for our Independece, The Pacific War, Ramón Castilla, The Democracy as our system of government, have left important testimonies and rests that are preserved till these days.
Cultural and Historical Tourism
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Cities of Historical Heritage
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