Tag: Arequipa
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Making a Living! Plaza de Armas, Arequipa.
Arequipa, in the highlands of Southern Peru has a population of one million people and is the second largest city in Peru. However, this is hard to imagine when one arrives at the beautiful Plaza de Armas in the centre of town. It is peaceful, quiet and surrounded by colonial styled buildings which have certainly…
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Arequipa – A glimpse in Photos.
Arequipa is the second largest city in Peru, situated in the Andes in the south of the country. It is cradled between three volcanoes, Misti, Chachani and Picchu-Picchu. It takes about seventeen hours to drive there from Lima or alternatively, an hour and a half by air. Arequipa was established in 1540 following the Spanish conquest.…