Peru ‘Land of the Incas’

Centred at Cusco in Peru, the Incas created the most powerful civilization of pre-Columbian America between the early C15th and the mid C16th. This vast empire, stretching from northern Ecuador to central Chile, fell to the Spanish Conquistadors between 1532 and 1572. In this presentation I discuss the history, geography and uniqueness of the Inca empire, and reveal through my images, the local people and culture, the wildlife in the desolate but colourful landscape of the Andean altiplano, and reveal the stunning architecture and cyclopean masonry of the Inca temples and fortresses, including Ollayantambo, Sacsayhuaman, and Machu Picchu, the legendary ‘Lost City of the Incas’.