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The first batch of pieces of Machu Picchu in the possession of Yale University will come to Peru later this month, said Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde.
He said that this first installment consists of 363 pieces and come to Peru between 29 and 31 March.
He also said that, as agreed with the American university, the return process will proceed in three stages, as the first mentioned.
The second batch will reach in December this year, while the third is scheduled for 2012.

Foto: ANDINA / Percy Hurtado.

Source: http://www.andina.com.pe

A group of commanding generals of the armies of fifteen countries concluded on August 30 their participation in the activities for the fiftieth anniversary of the Conference of American Armies in the Imperial City, an event that is hosted by Peru, during 2010 and 2011 .

Representatives from Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Canada.

Senior military commanders on his last day working visited monuments such as the Cristo Blanco in Cusco, Sacsayhuaman, the temple Koricancha, Machu Picchu, among others.

Source: http://www.correoperu.com.pe

El quipu (quechua: khipu, ‘nudo’ ) fue un sistema nemotécnico mediante cuerdas de lana o

algodón y nudos de uno o varios colores desarrollado en los Andes. Si bien se sabe que fue usado como un sistema de contabilidad por los funcionarios del Imperio inca, podría haber sido usado como una forma de escritura, hipótesis que sostiene el ingeniero William Burns Glynn.

Star Perú will connect Cusco with Brazil starting in September, with the route Cusco-Rio Branco, said the airline’s general manager, Roman Kasianov.

Also, the airline plans to start operating the Chiclayo-Cuenca (Ecuador) route by November, and to add the Iquitos-Leticia (Colombia) route in December.

“We expect these new regional routes to dynamize the participation of the company in the market, since no other national airline has done this before,” said Kasianov.

Source: http://www.livinginperu.com

The director of the INC Cusco, Juan Julio Garcia Rivas, reported that it has arranged to regulate the entry of domestic and foreign visitors to the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu and Waynapicchu area in order to safeguard the archaeological and the firm commitment to order the entry of visitors, as in other places declared in the title of the wonder of the world.

The timetables are valid from date:

Source: http://www.travelupdate.com.pe

El director del Instituto Nacional de Cultura del Cusco, Juan Julio García Rivas, informó que se ha dispuesto reglamentar el ingreso de los visitantes nacionales y extranjeros al santuario histórico de Machupicchu y la zona de Waynapicchu con la finalidad de salvaguardar el complejo arqueológico y con el firme compromiso de ordenar el ingreso de los visitantes, como ocurre en otros centros declarados con el título de la maravilla del mundo.

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Fuente: http://www.travelupdate.com.pe

Here you got some places you must consider when you take a backpacking trip to south america.

Cusco has a beautiful landscape that conjugates with the blue sky, white clouds and awesome mountains, by its roads is possible to get to know the heritage inherited that give a testimony of its art, even now when you walk in its streets you can see some rocks intelligently united and the old houses built by Spanish over important Inca foundations, it’s impossible to don’t notice the importance that this city had in the Inca period. Few places in Peru have a magic aura as Cusco has which was the center of cult of the Sun, it received big ceremonies where much people came to. Here you can visit churches, museums, archeological places and many other sites, for this you need to get the Tourist Ticket fee that allows you to visit the 16 most important places of Cusco.

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Aquí tiene algunos lugares que usted debe considerar si piensa visitar Sudamérica más aun si lo que piensa es tomar un viaje de mochilero.

Cusco. Cuenta con un hermoso paisaje que se conjuga perfectamente con su cielo azul, nubes blancas y montañas impresionantes, por sus caminos es posible conocer la historia y magia que esconde esta ancestral cuidad, aun hoy al pasear por sus calles se pueden ver algunos rocas inteligentemente unidas y las antiguas casas construidas por los españoles sobre importantes cimientos incaicos, es imposible no notar la importancia que tuvo esta ciudad en la época incaica. Pocos lugares en el Perú tienen un aura mágica como la tiene Cusco, fue el centro de culto al Sol, antigua deidad inca. Aquí se pueden visitar iglesias, museos, sitios arqueológicos y muchos otros lugares, para ello, tiene que obtener un Boleto Turístico que le permitirá visitar los 16 lugares más importantes del Cusco.

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Australian vocalists the Ten Tenors are planning to visit Peru’s famed Machu Picchu ruins after performing in Lima next month.

The internationally renowned Australian group is set to return to Peru for an exclusive show at Lima’s Jockey Club del Perú on Saturday, September 11.

The Ten Tenors, who performed in Peru for the first time in September 2009, are also keen to learn more about the country’s music history, customs and cuisine, especially fish and seafood dishes.

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