Peru - Sacsayhuaman, Inca Ruins

Inca Ruins of Sacashuaman (Sacsayhuaman), Cuzco, (Cusco) Peru

This postcard was mailed via airmail, but unfortunately the stamp is missing. 

 

South America - Map

Map of South America

South American countries and their capitals cities

Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Bolivia (La Paz / Sucre)
Brazil (Brasilia)
Chile (Santiago)
Colombia (Bogota)
Ecuador (Quito)
French Guiana (Cayenne ) France
Guyana (Georgetown)
Paraguay (Asuncion)
Peru (Lima)
Suriname (Paramaribo)
Uruguay (Montevideo)
Venezuela (Caracas)

This postcard is from 2012. 

Peru - Machupicchu, Citadel & Huaynapicchu

Machupicchu

Vista parcial de la Ciudadela y Huaynapicchu.
View of Citadel and Huaynapicchu in the rear.

Peru
1970

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Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level.  It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.  Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.

The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was largely unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction.

Peru - Machupicchu, Cuzco

Machupicchu

Plaza Sagrada y Templo de las 3 Ventanas
Sacred Plaza and Temple of the 3 Windows

Cuzco, Peru
1970

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Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level.  It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.  Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire.

The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was largely unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction.

Peru - Cuzco - Panoramic View

Cuzco

Vista Panoramica de la Ciudad
Panoramic View of Cuzco

Peru
1970

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Cusco or Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of 348,935 which is triple the figure of 20 years ago. Its altitude is around 3,300 m (11,000 ft). Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO.

Peru - Cuzco - Typical Street

Cuzco

Calle tipica de Cuzco
Most Typical Cuzco Street

Peru
1970

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Cusco or Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of 348,935 which is triple the figure of 20 years ago. Its altitude is around 3,300 m (11,000 ft). Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO.

Peru - Ica, Lake Huacachina

Laguna de Huacachina, Ica - Peru

Lake of Huacachina, Ica - Peru
1971

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Legend holds that this lagoon was created when a beautiful native princess was apprehended at her bath by a young hunter. She fled, leaving the pool of water she had been bathing in to become the lagoon. The folds of her mantle, streaming behind her as she ran, became the surrounding sand dunes. And the woman herself is rumored to still live in the oasis as a mermaid.

Peru - Machu Picchu, Incas Lost City

Machu Picchu

Detalle de una de las partes mas interesantes de las ruinas, con el torreon o edificio semi-circular al fondo

Detail of the ruins of the Lost City of the Incas, with the semi-circular watch tower, one of the most striking constructions of Machu Picchu
1968

Peru - Lima, Cathedral and Palace

Lima, Peru

La Catedral con el Palacio Arzobispal

the Cathedral and Archbishop's Palace

also in small letters on the back it reads:
While in Peru fly with Faucett - Airlines

Peru - Paracas, 'Candelabrum', 'Cathedral' and Pelicans

Paracas

The "Candelabrum", the "Cathedral", and pelicans at the Paracas Peninsula.

El "Cadelabro", la Caterdar" y pelicanoes in la peninsula de Paracas.

Pisco, Peru

Photo: Jose Miguel Helfer
2010

Peru - Palpa, Multiview of Antropomorphic Figures

Palpa.

Enigmaticas figuras antropomorfas y una representacion de telar, ubicadas en laderas de cerros en Palpa, correspondientes a las culturas Paracas y Nasca.

Antropomorphic figures and a textile representation, located on the Palpa hills, which belong to the Paracas and Nasca Cultures.

Peru.
2010

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anthropomorphic:
1.  ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity.
2.  resembling or made to resemble a human form: an anthropomorphic carving.

The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

The lines are shallow designs made in the ground by removing the reddish pebbles and uncovering the whitish ground beneath. Hundreds are simple lines or geometric shapes; more than seventy are designs of animal, bird, fish or human figures. The largest figures are over 200 metres (660 ft) across. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but they generally ascribe religious significance to them.

After people traveled over the area by plane in the 1930s and saw the Nazca Lines from the air, anthropologists started studying them. One of the issues that intrigued scholars was to try to understand how they were made.
Scholars have theorized the Nazca people could have used simple tools and surveying equipment to construct the lines. Studies have found wooden stakes in the ground at the end of some lines, which support this theory. One such stake was carbon-dated and the basis for establishing the age of the design complex, between 400 and 650 AD.

 The Nazca desert is one of the driest on Earth and maintains a temperature around 25 °C (77 °F) all year round. The lack of wind has helped keep the lines uncovered and visible to the present day.

Peru - Mutliview, Musician, Dancers, Etc.

Peru
Musico de Ollantaytambo (Cusco), danzantes en Qoyor ritti (Cusco), mujeres en plaza de Ollantaytambo (Cusco), danzante en Paucartambo (Cusco), viaje en camion por Arequipa, mujer del Valle del Colca (Arequipa) y ninos de Tambomachay (Cusco).

Musician from Ollantaytambo (Cusco), dancers on Qoyor ritti (Cusco), women on a Ollantaytambo square (Cusco), traveling on a truck in Arequipa, Colca Valley woman (Arequipa) and Tambomachay children (Cusco).

Photos by Jose Miguel Helfer Arguedas
2010

Peru - Machu Picchu, Multiview

Machu Picchu.

Intihautana, Templo de la Luna, Palacio de la Nusta y Templo del Sol, Piramide del Intihuatana y cima del Intihuatana.

Intihuatana, Temple of the Moon, Nusta Palace and Temple of the Sun,
Intihuatana pyramid and Intihuatana summit.

Peru

Photos: Jose Miguel Helfer Arguedas
2010

Peru - Lima, Goverment Palace aka Pizarro's House

Goverment Palace, also known as Pizarro's house.  Lima's main Plaza.

Palacio de Gobierno o Casa de Pizarro.  Plaza Mayor de Lima.

Peru

Photo: Jose Miguel Helfer
2010

Peru - Inti raymi, Re-creation of Inca's Ceremony

Inti Raymi

Recreacion de ceremonia Inca del Inti Raymi el 24 de junio.

Re-creation of Inca's ceremony of Into Raymi on 24th June.

Cusco, Peru

photo: Jose Miguel Helfer
2010

Peru - Festival Cloths

Alegria Nativa - Pareja indigena que luce su rica vestimenta festiva.

Native joy. - Pair of indigenous showing their festival cloths.

Pisaq Peru

This postcard is postmarked in 1979 with a hand stamp that has a cancelation mark 'Lima Tours S.A.'

The sender writes: Peru is everything I wanted and more.  Very civilized with great food and plenty of exploring.  I hope my slides do justice to what I'm experiencing.  Cuzco and Machu Picchu  - The Lost City of the Incas - are next.  Stop by when I'm back - it might be worth discussing.

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Písac is a Peruvian village near Cusco. The village is well known for its market which attracts heavy tourist traffic.

Peru - Machupicchu, Carretera Hiram Bingham (Hiram Bingham Highway)

Carretera Hiram Bingham a Machupicchu.

The 13 Hairpin curved road leading to Machupicchu from the Railroad terminal, built in 1948.
Cuzco, Peru.

Julio Corbacho, Photography

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Hiram Bingham Highway is extremely narrow and made up entirely of switchbacks. At some points, when 2 buses meet, they have to stop and reverse partway up the hill to get to a spot wide enough for the two buses to pass one another.

Peru - Cuzco, Archbishop's Palace

Cuzco
Portada del Palacio Arzobispal
Facade of the Archbishop's Palace
Peru

Julio Corbacho Photography

Peru - Lima, Casa de Gobierno (Government House)

Lima Peru

Casa de Gobierno
2011

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The Palace of Government of Peru also known as Government House, is located in the Plaza Mayor of the city of Lima and along the Rimac River (exact location indicated by the Spanish as the seat of power since 1535 ).

It is the headquarters of the Executive Branch of Peru and is the residence of the President of the Republic of Peru. It is also considered a historical monument.

Peru - Lima, Sunset Larcomar, Miraflores

Lima Peru

Atardecer en (sunset in) Larcomar: Miraflores
2011