The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 98National Geographic Society, 1950 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 421
... Walls Stood Firm Towers of many of Cusco's famous Spanish colonial churches were fallen or shattered . Walls of the narrow old streets had caved in , blocking passage entirely in many instances . Some had been propped up with long poles ...
... Walls Stood Firm Towers of many of Cusco's famous Spanish colonial churches were fallen or shattered . Walls of the narrow old streets had caved in , blocking passage entirely in many instances . Some had been propped up with long poles ...
Page 422
... walls sheeted with gold , its gardens filled with golden flowers and trees . Rumors of this treasure led Francisco Pizarro to conquer and loot the city in 1533. Spaniards , trying to erase Inca memory , converted palaces into dwellings ...
... walls sheeted with gold , its gardens filled with golden flowers and trees . Rumors of this treasure led Francisco Pizarro to conquer and loot the city in 1533. Spaniards , trying to erase Inca memory , converted palaces into dwellings ...
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... walls so fields may be built right out to the river banks without danger of erosion , " he said . " There is an example of the reclamation agriculture of the Incas . ' " " A winding road led us down the mountain and across a modern ...
... walls so fields may be built right out to the river banks without danger of erosion , " he said . " There is an example of the reclamation agriculture of the Incas . ' " " A winding road led us down the mountain and across a modern ...
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