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9 January, 2007 20:24:47

Abancay: In the heart of 'the god who speaks'

for map of the area - click here -Courtesy of
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Text: Fernando Reyes Quincho         Photos: Walter Silvera



View from Pachachaca bridge
enlargeOld and strong bridges, such as the Pachachaca, lie over the sinuous forms of the turbulent rivers that furiously break into the cordillera.
(LIP-wb) -- Like a good child of the Apurímac ("the god who speaks"), Abancay has a lot to say. This regional capital is an archetypal representation of that beggar sitting on a golden stool, the metaphor for Peru immortalized by Antonio Raimondi.

Located in the southern zone of the Peruvian Andes, it is an area of geographical caprices, where green hills are met by rocky mountains and the snowcapped peaks of the Ampay National Sanctuary. It is a territory of serpentine pathways where natural and architectural jewels are hidden and babbling rivers suddenly roar into life.

In Apurímac the cows are not fat. Despite the fact that this department, buried deep in the highlands of southern Peru, boasts lush countryside and a noble past, it has still not found a way to shake off the burden of being labeled the second poorest place in Peru.

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