Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire, also has his equestrian statue. It stands in Lima in the middle of a neighborhood that does not belong to the colonial era. In the picture, the statue stands on a corner of the Plaza de Armas. It was moved to the Parque de la Muralla in 2004. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Lima is both a colonial city and a modern capital. Decades ago, the Plaza de San Martin (pictured) was the commercial center of the city. Most of the department stores, offices and travel agencies were located in this area. - Today, Lima is considered the political, economic, industrial, cultural, financial and commercial center of the country. Internationally, it is the fifth largest city in Latin America. - Peru - Lima - 1969

The population explosion in South America goes hand in hand with urban overcrowding: in Lima, thousands of people who cannot find housing live crowded together in makeshift neighbourhoods known as barriadas. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

The capital of Peru is a city of contrasts. You can see all different types of people in the crowds flowing past. An Indian woman who has come down from the mountains offers tropical fruit for sale. - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the slums, everyone tries to improve their living conditions as best they can. - At the foot of Cerro San Cristóbal - Rimac neighbourhood - Peru - Lima - 1969

A Cordillera Indian works in a petrol station in the capital. - 1969

The city of Callao was founded in 1537 by Francisco Pizarro on Callao Bay and quickly became the most important harbour for Spanish trade on the Pacific. Even today, the port of Callao handles 75% of Peru's total imports and exports, making it one of the most important fishing and trading ports in South America. - Southern partial view of the harbour of Callao near Lima. - Peru - Lima - 1969

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Dans le feu d'artifice des vagues, Inti, le Soleil-Père des Incas, se couche sur le Pacifique...

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Exhumés de tombeaux pré-inca et inca, ces très vieux instruments sont conservés au Museo Yoshitaro Amano de Lima, Pérou. Longue de 20,5 centimètres, une quena d'os blanc à quatre trous, ponctuée de petits cercles poinçonnés au centre, provient du site de Lauri-Chancay, sur la côte. Et de Chincha, plus au sud, l'autre quena en forme de bras prolongé d'une main et gravée d'un totem humain.

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Exhumés de tombeaux pré-inca et inca, ces très vieux instruments sont conservés au Museo Yoshitaro Amano de Lima, Pérou. Trouvée à Palpa, dans les sables des déserts, la zampoña (flûte de Pan américaine, 32 cm) est faite de bambous inégaux liés avec des cordelettes végétales. La petite zampoña on a trouvé à Lauri, Chancay.

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Sous la longue coiffe rectangulaire des Acllas et fardée de cinabre, une «femme choisie » d'argent doré semble tendre les bras à l'Inca (23 centimètres de haut). (Museo de Oro del Perû, Lima.)

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A 11 kilomètres de Lima, au bord de la Carretera central, la route des Andes, s'élève l'élégant palais pré-inca (XIIe) de Puruchuco, le «Seigneur au casque emplumé» soumis par les Incas. Nous voyons ici son merveilleux poncho cérémoniel au dos couvert de plumes jaunes d'ara. Masquée et couronnée d'argent bruni, la noble momie portait un couvre-nuque dont les motifs stylisés illustrent un art plumaire de toute beauté. Par-devant, le poncho est entièrement constellé de petits cercles d'argent et bordé de plumes noires et bleu turquoise. (Museo de Puruchuco, Lima, Pérou.)

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A peine haut de 10 centimètres, ce petit kero inca est délicatement peint de gracieux sujets nulle part ailleurs représentés sur ces vases des libations rituelles de chicha de maïs. (Museo Yoshitaro Amano, Lima, Pérou.)

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Pachacamac: Le plus grand sanctuaire de la côte péruvienne, consacré au dieu créateur de l'univers, fut investi par les Incas, comme en témoigne cette porte en «trapèze».

At the Plaza de Armas in Lima, a popular meeting place for tourists and locals alike, a shoe polisher sits on a small stool. He takes the opportunity to run his small business and polish people's shoes. - Peru - Lima - 1969

These women sell their fish at a market in the Rimac neighbourhood of Lima. The pelicans are waiting to get their hands on a bite. - Peru - Lima - 1969

Jirón de la Unión, on the west side of the Plaza de Armas in Lima. On the right the building of the ‘Club de la Unión’. - Peru - Lima - 1969

In the city centre of Lima, Avenida Nicolás de Piérola, from ‘Plaza Dos de Mayo’ towards ‘Plaza San Martín’ (Hasselblad with telephoto lens 500) - Peru - Lima - 1969

The Jirón de la Unión is a street in the Damero de Pizarro in the historic centre of Lima, capital of Peru. For many years it was the most important street in the city, characterised for being the most ‘aristocratic’ and where the most famous inhabitants of the city gathered. Later, with the deterioration of the historic centre of Lima, the Jirón de la Unión lost its aristocratic character to assume a totally commercial one after the recovery of the sector. Since 2005, with the revaluation plan for the historic centre of Lima, it has once again become one of the most commercial thoroughfares in the centre of Lima. In 2013, it was voted the sixth most expensive street in Latin America by Colliers International. - Peru - Lima - 1969

A street vendor rides his tricycle on the beach promenade of Ancón, a seaside resort on the northern outskirts of Lima. - Peru - Lima - 1969

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