2C school year 2010/2011. Rossella,Pamela,Lucrezia,Erica

In Perù before the Inca there were rich cities. The Inca Empire founded a great civilization.

Inca belived that the king was the Son of the Sun.

The Royal Road was the largest Inca road that ran through the cordillera of the Andes, crossing Capacnan Ecuador, Perù, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. The postman were called “chasqui”. Incas were able to travel more than 2000km, in only five days at an average altitude of 4000m. Cuzco was the Inca capital since the beginning of the fourteenth century until the Spanish conquest.

Cuzco is the main tourist destination and one of the largest city in South America. Cusco is known as the “Seat of the Gods”. Cuzco was a pre- colombian civilization city.

Cuzco is in the valley where you can find Rio Huatanay.

“Thauautiu suyo” means “Ombligo del Mundo ” (“Navel of the world”) in Quechua language. There are colonial cities with beautiful churches,homes and properties.

Machupichu is the most important actraction of Cuzco. It was discovered in 1992 by an American explorer.