Visit Sacsayhuaman to ponder an awesome megalithic mystery
Visit Cusco and you can witness one of the greatest structures ever erected, the Inca fortress temple of Sacsayhuaman.
History
A history travel must: tour Cusco’s Koricancha Sun Temple
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Alternative Lima Tour: Royal Felipe Fortress
Towering over the seafront at Lima’s Port of Callao is the Royal Felipe Fortress — a monument of 18th century military architecture well worth visiting with a knowledgeable guide.
Lima’s legendary leaping monk saves drowning man
For 26 years, Fernando Canchari, a professional diver, has reenacted the legendary lovelorn leap of Friar Francisco, who jumped to a watery death rather than be separated from the love of his life, the beautiful Clara.
Andean conceptions of the afterlife
There is much debate to what extent Halloween and Day of the Dead originated in paganism.