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Peru.
Lima Office:
Address: C.C. Camino Real Of. 284
San Isidro
Phone number: (+511) 2526133
E-mail:
info@perucusco.com
Contact person: Malena Montes |
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Cusco Office
Address: Jr. Peru B-14 Manzanapata, Santiago
Phone number: (+5184) 984625171
E-mail:
info@perucusco.com
Contact person: Ronald Arana |
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Departament of
Puno
Description.
The main tourist attraction in Puno is Lake Titicaca, the world's
highest navigable lake. The amazing landscapes and impressive snow-capped
mountains of the Cordillera Real are not to be missed.
Basics facts.
Area or Surface: 71,999 km˛.
Main Resources: quinua, sheep, alpacas and llamas.
Population: 1,135,000 inhabitants. The capital is Puno and has
100,168 inhabitants.
Number of Provinces and Districts: 13 provinces and 108 districts.
Date of Department Foundation: April 26, 1822.
Ethnic Groups: The Uros (in the Titicaca Lake).
Typical Foods: caldo de ranas.
Fauna: giant frogs, lake birds, auquenida.
Flora: totora.
Weather: The average temperature is 8° C (46° F). The rainy season
is from December to April.
History.
Around 1,000 B.C. the Qaluyu culture was prominent in Puno. They
were related to the Marcavalle culture in Cusco. During this time
they constructed great buildings shaped as elongated pyramids that
became characteristic of Pucará. Around 200 to 300 A.D., Tiahuanaco
started to develop, thus coinciding with the decline of Pucara. From
this point on, Puno began to depend on that culture whose center was
to the southeast of Lake Titicaca.
As the Tiahuanaco culture began to breakdown between the 12th to
13th centuries, several independent kingdoms were formed. The Collas
were centered in Hatuncolla and Sillustani. The Lupaca, centered in
Juli and Chuchuito, had such notable settlements as Cochacacha and
the Pacajes.
The Chullpas of Sillustani and the temples of Pucará are important
historical sites. The majority of the Chullpas belong to the Inca
Period.
The Inca conquest began in the 15th century. According to the legend,
Lake Titicaca was the cradle of Incan civilization. At the time of
the conquest, the Spaniards (among them Francisco Pizarro) settled
down in Cusco. In 1825 during the Republic, Simón Bolívar visited
Puno and was received with the historical euology of Choquehuanca
"As years go by, grows our glory as shadows grow when the sun sets".
Tourism
The main tourist attraction of Puno is Lake Titicaca. This is the
world's highest navigable lake. It is 193 KM long and 64 KM wide,
with a maximum depth of 300 meters. The amazing landscapes and
impressive snow-capped mountains of the Cordillera Real are not to
be missed. It is said that the Uros (group of people that live on
reed islands near in the middle of Lake Titicaca) are descendants of
the oldest race in the world.
In Puno, don't miss great monuments like: the Cathedral, the Conde
de Lemos's Balcony, the Arch Deustua, the Municipal Paintings Room,
the Dryer Museum and the Popular Art Museum. Just 30 KM away from
the capital are the Chullpas of Sillustani, which are tombs of the
Hatuncollas' leaders (great men), and many other vestiges of ancient
cultures that inhabited the region.
The Department of Puno has always done its best to remain loyal to
Peru, while keeping peace with Bolivia in order to rationally and
fairly use the resources of Lake Titicaca.
EL LAGO
El Lago Sagrado (The Sacred Lake - Lake Titicaca)
That's how the magical lake, with the appearance of the Peruvian-
Bolivian highland plain, is known.
Observing its waters provokes intense feelings that increase when
the sun rises over it.
The hue that it releases has its origins in two important
civilizations, The Tiahuanaco, maximum expression of Aymara, and
Inca development, because its mythologies agree on giving life to
his leaders that came from its waters' profundities.
Among its islands, the one of the Sun is the most renowned one,
because according to the legend, the first Inca couple came out from
there, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, to found the great empire in
Cuzco like their father, the sun God, had ordered.
3.815 m.o.s.l. the Titicaca is the highest navigable lake of the
world and with 8.400 km2 of surface, the second biggest of South
America. Two thirds of its total extension pertain to Peru and the
rest to Bolivia. |
