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Extract from the Huamachuco Travel Guides:
Infamous in Peru as the site of the Peruvian army's last ditch stand against the Chilean conquerors back in 1879,
HUAMACHUCO
, at 3180m, is a fairly typical Andean market town, surrounded by partly forested hills and a patchwork of fields on steep slopes. The site of the battle is now largely covered by the small airport, while the large Plaza de Armas in the centre of town possesses an interesting colonial archway in one corner, which the Liberator Smon Bolivar once rode through. Now, however, it's flanked by the modern, rather ugly Cathedral.
From the plaza you can take a three-hour walk for about 6km to the drama...
read the whole Huamachuco Travel Guides...
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