| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake at 3810m.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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The lake is 233km long and 97km wide and is shared with Bolivia.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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One of the many small villages by the lake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Aymara farmer by the lakeside.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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The lake can be 450m deep and is very picturesque.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Refelected mountains on the still water.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
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Puno is the main port of the lake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
|
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At Puno the lake is cloaked with floating plants.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
|
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Boats in harbour.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
|
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Detail of the floating plants.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
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Puno Museum has examples of Peru's rich archeology dating from 1000 BCE to the Spanish Conquest (1540s).
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Nazca (200 BCE to 800). Their ceramics are bightly painted.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Painted Nazca pot.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Figure from the Huari culture (500 to 1000).
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Moche (1st to 5th centuries). Their ceramics show aspects of their life and culture.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Fish shaped ceramic (Moche).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Moche depiction of condors.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Chancay vessel (7th to 13th centuries). A coastal civilisation.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Knobbled vase (Chancay).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Chancay bowl.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Chimu (1300s to 1430). Their ceramics are dark and smooth.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Decorated Chimu vase.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Vessel with a puma (Chimu).
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Elaborately decorated Chimu ceramic.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Chimu panpipes.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Inca (15th to 16th centuries). The Inca were the dominant Andean culture at the time of the arrival of the Spanish.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Inca pottery with symbols.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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A mummy (Inca).
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
|
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Painting of Aymara and Inca life.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
City / Town : Puno
Site / Event : Puno Museum
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Painting of reed boats on Lake Titicaca.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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The lake is surrounded by mountains.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Dark hills.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Sheep grazing on a spit of land.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Fishing boat.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Tortota reeds grow in much of the lake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Tranquille scene on the lake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
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Uros Island in the lake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The Uros people live on floating islands.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The island is made of Tortora reeds.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The inhabitants are Aymara who migrated to the island to escape the Incas.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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View of the lake hills from the island.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Tortora reed boat.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Houses and boats.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Punting a tortora boat.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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A small village. Only 300 Uros live on the island living off trade and tourism.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The islands are made of tortora reeds.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The island rests on dead tortora reeds which are replenished.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The ground is soft and spongy. As the reeds decay new ones are placed on top.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The villagers live off trade with tourists.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Selling Aymara crafts.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Reeds drying. All dwellings are made of tortora reeds.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Totora reeds drying.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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The ground is soft and springy.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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View across the island.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Village life.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Sow and piglets.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Woman.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Drying reeds among the village homes.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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View of the village.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Boat building.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Uros Island
|
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Boatmen.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Fishing on a reed boat.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Shoreside settlement.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Aymara farmers.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Sheep farming.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Rocky outcrops by the lake.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Dramatic landscape.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
|
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Sail boat.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Tequile Island is 7km long and 1km wide.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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The Island has a rocky shoreline.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Much of the island is covered in terracing.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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The terraces date from the Inca times.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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The boat landing place.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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The island has no motorised transport.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Unusual for Lake Titicaca, the inhabitants are Quechua, descendants of Inca settlers.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Inca terraces.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Stone and thatched house.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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View from the island.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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A man from Taquile Island knitting a hat that shows his marital status.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Married men.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Two Quechua children.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Woman outside her house.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Brick arch.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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View across the island.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Typical house on the island.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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One of the many trails on the island.
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1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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The main village on the island.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Women weave their own shawls.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Ruins of a church.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Unmarried men knitting their own hats.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Small farm.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Children outside a shop.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Man wearing the hat of a community leader.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Paved trail.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Two houses.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Farmland.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Quechua females wear shawls over embroidered blouses.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Houses and terraces.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Farming the land.
|
1995 |
| Peru |
Region : Lake Titicaca
District : Tequile Island
|
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Village houses.
|
1995 |
were added from 1 February 2025.