The Mind Creative March 2014
The city of Cuzco
Cuzco, it is a wonder of human application, toil and achievement.
Constructed in the 1400’s, most probably as a manor for the Inca
emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472), this city was abandoned less than
100 years after its construction, as a consequence of the Spanish
Conquest. It is surmised that its population may have perished from
smallpox introduced by voyagers even before the Spanish
conquistadors. There are no indications that the Spanish even knew
of existence of this amazing hilltop city. Such is the remoteness of
Machu Picchu that it remained a “lost city”, unknown to anyone but
a few locals, until the American historian Hiram Bingham
“discovered” it in 1911.
Photographs courtesy of
Razi Azmi
http://girlgonegallivanting.com/loving-lima/
http://www.explorebyyourself.com/en/peru/about_the_country/cusco/
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