Pictures of Conservation in Cuzco

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Click here if you are interested in see all the pictures for this topic -- including ones that did not make the cut. Cusco was the capital of the Inca (Inka) Empire which reached its peak in the 15th century. The city is well organized and is laid out in the shape of a puma's body.

Today the population of Cusco is around 325,000 people. It is the jump-off point for many adventure trips in Peru including Machu Picchu and the southeastern Amazon rainforest of Manu and the Tambopata.

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Llama in the Andes Cuzco Family with llama, sheep, alpaca Inka stone architecture disassembled to show interlocking parts Alpaca in the Andes Colonial architecture displayed at the Oori Kancha or Temple of the Sun in Cuzco San Blas district of Cuzco Inka stone architecture displayed at the Oori Kancha or Temple of the Sun in Cuzco Alpaca in the Andes Woman with llama, sheep, alpaca Alpaca in the Andes Inka masonry displayed at the Oori Kancha or Temple of the Sun in Cuzco Cuzco Sheep in the Andes Llama and alpaca Cuzco Llama in the Andes Drawing showing puma-like shape of Ollantaytambo Altar under Kenko amphitheater near Cuzco Sacsayhuaman ruins outside of Cuzco Woman with llama, sheep, alpaca Llama, sheep, alpaca in front of adobe house with red door San Blas district of Cuzco Series of aligned windows at the Oori Kancha or Temple of the Sun in Cuzco

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