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  2. Culture of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, located six kilometers south from Trujillo Peruvian architecture is a conjunction of European styles exposed to the influence of indigenous imagery. Two of the most well-known examples of the Early Colonial period are the Cathedral of Cusco and the Church of Santa Clara of Cuzco .

  3. History of Peru - Wikipedia

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    In 1542 [56] [57] or 1543, [58] the Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Perú) was established, with authority over most of Spanish-ruled South America. [56] Colombia , Ecuador , Panama (after 1571) and Venezuela were split off as the Viceroyalty of New Granada ( Virreinato de Nueva Granada ) in 1717, [ 59 ] [ 60 ] and Argentina , Bolivia ...

  4. Peruvian Traditions - Wikipedia

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    The writings, which are collectively known as the Tradiciones, started appearing in 1863 in newspapers and magazines.They are short stories of historical fiction that relate events based on historical fact and that are descriptive of the way people lived in different moments in the Peruvian history.

  5. The General History of Peru - Wikipedia

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    The Second part of the royal commentary (la Segunda parte de los comentarios reales) better known as the General history of Peru (La historia general del Perú), is a historical literary work written by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the first Peruvian and Spanish mestizo of intellectual renown.

  6. Kené - Wikipedia

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    Kené in ceramic vessel. The kené designs are part of the cultural identity and are markers of the ethnic identity of the Shipibo-Conibo people. [13] These designs are painted on the body (face), wooden utensils (oars, pipes, maces), textiles (skirts, shirts ) and ceramics. [1]

  7. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru

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    The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú, MNAAHP) is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, housed at the Palacio de la Magdalena, located in the main square of Pueblo Libre, a district of Lima, Peru. The museum houses more than 100,000 ...

  8. Cultural heritage of Peru - Wikipedia

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    The cultural heritage of Peru, officially the Cultural heritage of the Nation, is the name given to the set of goods, both tangible and intangible, accumulated over time. These goods can be paleontological , archaeological , architectural , historical , artistic , military , social , anthropological or intellectual .

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Peru - Wikipedia

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    ii, iii, iv, v, vi (cultural) "The Great Inka Trail" is an entry exclusive to Peru. [2] "The Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan" is a site also listed by Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. The movement to include the road system was initiated with Peru's addition of it to the tentative list in 2001.