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Lake Titicaca in Peru

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Lake Titicaca is a lake in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. By volume of water, it is the largest lake in South America.Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but is often regarded as a large brackish bay due to its direct connection with the sea.It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world.
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Barranco, Lima, Peru

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Barranco is one of 43 districts in Lima, Peru. Its current mayor is Jessica Vargas.There is a beautiful walkway to the sea that runs through Barranco, called the Bajada de los Baños. Barranco has many houses in the colonial and Republican style, flower-filled parks and streets, and appealing beachfront areas.
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Machu Picchu in Peru

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Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls.Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti. Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
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Amazing Inca Empire

The Inca Empire or Inka Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca people were a pastoral tribe in the Cusco area around the 12th century. [Wiki]

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. The Incas built the estate around 1450, but abandoned it as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. [Wiki]