According to itypetravel, most of the Indian population of Paraguay at the time of the Spanish conquest was represented by Guaraní groups who lived essentially on itinerant agriculture; they welcomed without enmity the first Europeans who came to settle in their fertile lands, but the institution of the encomiendas, where the natives worked almost in a state of slavery, and the forced recruitment had disastrous consequences on them. The action…
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Arequipa is Peru’s second largest city, despite the fact that the capital Lima is ten times as large. The city was built as a Spanish colonial seat, founded by the Spaniards on August 15, 1540. To this day, the city’s origins are celebrated with a week-long festival. For the Peruvians, the city has a very special architectural significance. In the year 1868, the city was destroyed during a violent earthquake,…
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