http://www.perubureau.com A Peru of possibilities!! Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:23:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ayacucho was founded in 1540, and named San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga. It was the cradle of the Huarpa and Wari cultures. In the twelfth century, it became an art center that supplied the Spanish crown with works of art. Later, it was the site of the Battle ... http://www.perubureau.com/ayacucho/ayacucho-the-city-of-the-many-churches.htm Chachapoyas is the Capital of the region of Amazonas and it is also one of the oldest cities in Peru. It is surrounded by a cloud forest that separates the sierra from the jungle. Not very far from there you can find and architectonic wonder: the Kuelap Fortress. Kuelap is ... http://www.perubureau.com/amazonas/amazonas-the-kuelap-fortress.htm Iquitos is the most important city in the Amazon region. It is located on the bank of the Amazon River, the widest river in the world. You can get to this city only by plane or by boat. 113.71 mi. from Iquitos is the biggest reserve in Peru, The Pacaya ... http://www.perubureau.com/loreto/iquitos-pacaya-samiria-reserve.htm Huaraz is located in the region of Ancash. It is the most important city in the “Callejon de Huaylas”; also know as “Beautiful Prairie”. The Callejon is 432.99 km.2 long and is made up of two mountain ranges: The Cordillera Negra and The Cordillera Blanca, the latter considered the highest ... http://www.perubureau.com/ancash/huaraz-the-heart-of-the-andes.htm Chan Cha, the Capital of the Chimu Empire, is the largest mud city in the valley of Moche near Trujillo. It was built between the XII and XIV centuries. It is believed that the city housed around 100 thousand people and that it was built with 240 million adobe bricks. ... http://www.perubureau.com/trujillo/chan-chan-the-mud-city.htm The Natural Reserve of Paracas is the only protected area of the Peruvian coastline. This wild sanctuary a few minutes from Pisco is located in northern Ica, and has an extension of 335 thousand hectares of desert and beautiful beaches, housing endangered species such as sea wolves, the funny Humbolt ... http://www.perubureau.com/uncategorized/paracas-natural-reserve.htm The Nasca lines are one of the most mysterious places in the world. These strange and wonderful figures were discovered in 1927 near Nasca, one of the driest regions of the world on the south plains of the region of Ica. The size and complexity of these geoglyphs, suggest some ... http://www.perubureau.com/ica/the-nasca-lines-an-astounding-mystery.htm Lake Titicaca is on the heart of the region of Puno and on one of the most important points of the South American continent. This wonderful lake connects Peru and Bolivia. It is around 928.48 feet deep and 118.06 miles long. It is the highest and one of longest navigable ... http://www.perubureau.com/puno/titicaca-the-lake-of-the-gods.htm In Peru Arequipa is the biggest city after Lima, the Capital. It is located on the South of the country in a beautiful and fertile valley and under the shade of the Misti Volcano, which is the emblem of the city. Arequipa was founded in 1540 is a magnificent work ... http://www.perubureau.com/arequipa/arequipa-the-white-city.htm The ruins of Machu Picchu are the most important attraction of Peru. This lost city was found at 74.56 miles away from the city of Cusco, in the Urubamba valley. Since its discovery in 1911 by the American explorer Hiram Bingham, there were built many hypotheses regarding the construction of ... http://www.perubureau.com/cuzco/machu-picchu-the-lost-city-of-the-incas.htm