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At the Plaza de Armas of Lima. On the right, the building of the ‘Club de la Unión’. - 1969

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Crieur de journaux de la ville d'Arequipa jouant à la toupie. - 1969

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Sur la Plaza de Armas, qui est le centre névralgique de chaque ville péruvienne, se dresse la cathédrale. Celle de Cajamarca (Sierra nord) appartient à l'époque coloniale. - 1969

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La fête du Corpus Cristi, apportée par les Espagnols revêt chaque année au Cuzco un faste particulier. Durant la cérémonie les statues de douze saints et saintes sont promenées autour de la Plaza de Armas. - 1969

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Les Indiens ont été convertis au christianisme. Leur foi est sincère et touchante. Ils se rendent à l'église portant de magnifiques cierges qu'ils ont eux-mêmes décorés. - 1969

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«Nombril» sacré de l'Empire du Tahuantinsuyo, aujourd'hui capitale archéologique de l'Amérique du Sud, Cuzco est une triple ville inca, coloniale et républicaine, millénaire et mystérieuse. Face à la Plaza de Armas, l'ancienne Huacaypata cérémonielle, s'élève l'église baroque de la Compania de Jésus, là où se dressait l'Amaru Cancha de Huayna Capac.

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La mélodie pleurnicharde des quenas (flûtes de bambou des Andes) s'est métissée, depuis la Conquête hispanique, de harpes rustiques et d'instruments à corde dont les Indiens en poncho tirent une musiquette lancinante. La veille du festival solaire Inti Raymi sur la place principale de Cuzco.

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Das auf 3500 Meter über Meer gelegene Cuzco, der «Nabel der Welt», wurde von den Inkas um 1100 n. Chr. gegründet. 1536 zerstörten die Konquistadoren die Stadt und bauten sie in spanischer Manier wieder auf, wobei viele Inka-Fundamente verwendet wurden. So machen auch schon die Bauten das Nebeneinander und die Gleichzeitigkeit zweier Rassen und Kulturen deutlich, wie es sich mit aller Buntheit im Straßenbild zeigt. Der überwiegende Teil der 120‘000 Einwohner sind allerdings noch immer Indios. Cuzco ist Ausgangspunkt für den Besuch der meisten großen Inka-Anlagen wie Pisac, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo oder Sacsayhuamán, besitzt aber auch großartige Beispiele spanischer Kolonialkunst: die Kathedrale, die Jesuitenkirche La Merced, die Kirchen Santo Domingo - an der Stelle des alten Inka-Sonnenheiligtums errichtet - und Belen de los Reyes. Beim Wiederaufbau nach dem Erdbeben von 1950 versuchte man den Kirchen ihr ursprüngliches Gesicht von vor 1650 wiederzugeben. - 1969

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Strassenphotograph auf der Plaza de Armas in Lima. Wo immer die Spanier eine Stadt gründeten, schufen sie auch einen «Waffenplatz», um den sich die wichtigsten öffentlichen Gebäude gruppierten. - 1969

Cuzco, the sacred "navel" of the Tahuantinsuyo Empire, is today the archaeological capital of South America: Inca, colonial and republican at the same time. In front of the Plaza de Armas, the ancient ceremonial Huacaypata, rises the Cathedral of Cuzco. - 1969

Cuzco, the sacred "navel" of the Tahuantinsuyo Empire, is today the archaeological capital of South America: Inca, colonial and republican at the same time. In front of the Plaza de Armas, the old ceremonial Huacaypata, stands the baroque church of La Compañía de Jesús where the Amarucancha de Huayna Capac once stood. - 1969

The Corpus Cristi festival, brought by the Spanish, acquires a special splendor every year in Cuzco. During the ceremony, the statues of twelve saints are shouldered around the Plaza de Armas. – 1969

The Corpus Cristi festival, brought by the Spanish, acquires a special splendor every year in Cuzco. During the ceremony, the statues of twelve saints are shouldered around the Plaza de Armas. – 1969

In the Plaza de Armas of Lima a shoeshine boy does his job. - 1969

The Plaza de Mayo represents the heart of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. This place is the former founding area of the city and, like almost all South American plazas, serves representative purposes. It is located near the old port in the Monserrat district. - 1973

The cobbled main square of San Carlos de Bariloche. - Neuquén Province - 1973

The construction of the imposing cathedral on Plaza San Martin in the Argentine city of Córdoba began in the 16th century. Its completion took over 200 years (until 1782) and went through several architectural eras, which are reflected in the different styles of the monumental cathedral. Like other monumental buildings from the colonial era that are well worth seeing, the Roman Catholic church is located directly on the central square of Córdoba, Plaza San Martin. The square is truly the center of the city, because all of Córdoba's house numbers are counted from its northwest corner. - 1973

The construction of the imposing cathedral on Plaza San Martin in the Argentine city of Córdoba began in the 16th century. Its completion took over 200 years (until 1782) and went through several architectural eras, which are reflected in the different styles of the monumental cathedral. Like other monumental buildings from the colonial era that are well worth seeing, the Roman Catholic church is located directly on the central square of Córdoba, Plaza San Martin. The square is truly the center of the city, because all of Córdoba's house numbers are counted from its northwest corner. - 1973

The construction of the imposing cathedral on Plaza San Martin in the Argentine city of Córdoba began in the 16th century. Its completion took over 200 years (until 1782) and went through several architectural eras, which are reflected in the different styles of the monumental cathedral. Like other monumental buildings from the colonial era that are well worth seeing, the Roman Catholic church is located directly on the central square of Cordoba, Plaza San Martin. The square is truly the center of the city, because all of Cordoba's house numbers are counted from its northwest corner. - 1973