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In order to help you know more about us and our wonderful culture, we have included a brief overview of our country, also Lima and Cusco.
The word “Perú” comes from “Birú”, a local governor who lived near to the Gulf of San Miguel in Panama, in the first half of the 16th century. When the Spanish explorers arrived in 1522, this territory covered the far southern extreme of the “New World” where the eureopeans have come. When Francisco Pizarro explored the regions even so far, they were denominated Birú or Perú. Under the Spanish administration, the country received the name of Viceroyalty of Peru; which became the Republic of Peru after its independence. + See more...
We find in Lima some traces from the first inhabitants of the Andean territory: hunters and primitive inhabitants who fished along the coastline with harpoons 1000 years ago. The inhabitants of the coast settled the hills and valleys until shaping worship centers and very complex buildings, which were the origin of the huge worship centers of Huacoy in Chillón, Garagay and La Florida in Rimac, Manchay in Lurín, Chancay, Supe and many other valleys in the North and South. + See more...
The archeological sites in Cusco date from times before the Inca period because the civilization in Cusco started, at least, 1000 years before the Christian era, when it was the time of the Marcavalle Culture. The Chamepata culture was born from this civilization, contemporary of Pucara culture in Puno. Its history ends at the beginnig of our age because of the conquest by the Waris, who incorporated it to their empire. + See more...
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