Lima
- Lima City
- Huaca Pucllana
- Plaza de Armas de Lima
- Larco Museum
- Saint Francis Monastery
Cusco
- Cusco City
- Cusco Cathedral
- Coricancha & Santo Domingo Church
- Incan Fortress of Sacsayhuaman
Pisac & Ollantaytambo
- Pisac
- Ollantaytambo
- Aguas Calientes
Machu Picchu
- Machu Picchu Archeological Site
Cusco - Puno
- Andahujaylillas
- Raqchi
- La Raya
- Pukara
Puno & Lake Titicaca
- Puno
- Islands of Uros People
- Island of Taquille
Altitude
Interesting tourist spots are at high altitudes:
- Machu Picchu 2400m
- Cusco 3000m
- Writer 3514m
- Ollantaytambo 2792m
- La Raya 4338m
- Rainbow Mountain 5200m
- Titicaca Lake 3800m, village 3950, top of the island 4050m
On Rainbow Mountain, there have been several deaths of tourists who have overestimated their capabilities. By the way, chewing the leaves of the coca plant, coca leaf tea as well as candies from the same helps.
In addition to chewing leaves, I also took some capsules. Unfortunately, when climbing Rainbow Mountain, I didn't take it for granted, which was a mistake. I could barely stand it. Maybe the reason was fatigue, not recovering from a long flight from Australia and my age – 75).
Visina
Interesantne turisticke tacke su na velikim visinama:
- Machu Picchu 2400m
- Cusco 3000m
- Pisac 3514m
- Ollantaytambo 2792m
- La Raya 4335m
- Rainbow Mountain 5200m
- Jezero Titicaca 3800m, selo 3950, vrh ostrva 4050m
Na Rainbow Mountain je bilo nekoliko smrtnih slucajeva turista koji su precenili svoje mogucnosti. Inace, pomaze zvakanje lisca biljke koke (coca), caj od koka lisca kao i bombone od istog.
Ja sam sem zvakanja lisca, uzimao i neke kapsule. Na zalost, prilikom penjanja na Rainbow Mountain, to nisam uzimao sto je bila greska. Jedva sam izdrzao. Mozda je razlog bio i umor, neoporavak od dugog leta iz Australije a i moje godine – 75).
Food
The Incas mainly ate corn and potatoes, and from meat: llama, alpaca and guinea pig meat.
Guinea pigs are still a specialty in Peru.
Hrana
Inke su uglavnom jeli kukuruz i krompir a od mesa: meso od lame, alpake i zamorcica (guinea pig).
Zamorcici su i danas specijalitet u Peruu.
Terraces
Terraces, on the edges of the mountains in almost all Inca archaeological sites, are actually gardens where corn was grown as well as potatoes. It is said that there are about 3,000 (3 thousand) varieties of potatoes in Peru.
Terase
Terase na obodima planina i prisutne skoro na svim arheloskim lokacijama Inka, su ustvari baset gde se uzgajao kukuruz u krompir. Kazu da u Peruu postoji oko 3000 (3 hiljade) vrsta krompira.
The Spanish Conquest of Inca Empire
The Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1528 (Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro). The civil war between Atahualpa and Huascar weakened the empire immediately prior to its struggle with the Spanish. Spaniards conquered territories relatively easily. It was not until 1572 that the final conquest of Peru by the Spaniards was declared.
The number of Incas had dropped drastically; From about 15 million in 1520, it fell to about 3 million in 1570. The main reasons are diseases (mainly smallpox) and destruction by the Spaniards.
The Spaniards stole gold, silver, and other valuables and transported them to Spain.
They destroyed cities and built their churches and houses on the foundations of Inca temples and buildings.
They Catholicized the Incas, so the main religion in Peru is Catholicism.
I found an interesting symbolism in the church of St. Peter in the small town of Andahuaylillas.
At the entrance, on the left side of the church is the baptistery where the Incas converted to Catholicism. On the opposite side, on the wall, there is a large painting (oil on canvas) depicting a soldier beheading St. John the Baptist.
This, as if symbolically representing the choice of the Incas at that time:
Go to the left side and change your faith or go to the right-side and... lose your head.
The mother tongue is Spanish. It is estimated that less than 1% understand the original Quechua language. It is one of the languages used by the natives.
Peru became independent from the Spanish Empire in 1826.
Spansko osvajanje imperije Inka
Spanci, osvajaci,i su stigli u Peru 1528 (Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro). Zahvaljujuci nejedinstvu plemena starosedeoca, relativno su lako osvajali teritorije. Ipak, tek 1572 je proglaseno konacno osvajanje Perua od strane Spanca.
Broj Inka je drasticno opao; od oko 15 miliona 1520, spao je na oko 3 miliona1570. Glavni razlozi su zaraze (uglavnom velike boginje) a i unistavanje od strane Spanaca.
Spanci su normalno, krali zlato, srebro i ostale dragocenosti i transportovali za Spaniju.
Unistavali su gradove i na temeljima Inka hramova i objekata, gradili svoje crkve i kuce.
Pokatolicavali su Inke tako da je glavna religija u Peruu katolicanstvo.
Nasao sam interesantnu simboliku u crkvi Svetog Petra u gradicu Andahuaylillas.
Kada se udje u crkvu sa leve strane je krstionica gde su se Inke primale veru, katolicanstvo. Sa suprotne strane, na zidu, nalazi se velika slika (ulje na platnu) sa predstavom vojnika koji odseca glavu Svetom Jovanu Krstitelju.
To, kao da simbolicno predstavlja izbor Inka u to vreme:
Ici na levu stranu i promeniti veru ili
Ici na desnu stanu i ...ostati bez glave.
Maternji jezik je postao – Spanski jezik. Kazu da manje od 1% razume originalni jezik kecua (Quechua). To je jedan od jezika kojima su se starosedeoci sluzili.
Peru je postao nezavistan od Spanske imperije 1826.
Acknowledgment
I would like to thank Felix, who allowed me to use some of his images in the Sacsayhuaman section, as well as my daughter, Milena Kovachevich, whose photos I have used in almost all parts of the website about Peru.
Zahvalnica
Zahvaljum se Felixu koji mi je dozvolio da koristim neke od njegovih slika u delu kod Sacsayhuaman kao i mojoj cerci, Mileni Kovachevich, cije sam fotografije koristio u skoro svim delovima sajta o Peruu.