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Introduction
The City of legends The City of puno, capital of the department of the same name, is located in south-eastern peru , in an enclave on the shores of lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world and a source of life for the towns existing in the area. Located on the Plateau of Callao, Puno offers visitors magnificient pre-Hispanic funerary monuments made of stone in tne shape of circular towers, chullpas (tombs), Colonial churches and rusty ichu-covered natural landscape projecting a spectacular view of the way of life in the high Andean tableland or peruvian altiplano. These areas are home to different cultures, such as the Aymara, Quechua, Uro, Pacaje and Puquina peoples who, following the Spanish conquest, merget with the elements of the Western Culture, producing a rich blend which is currently stated in the varied cultural, artistic and folkloric expressions.
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