http://alexstrickland.com/blog Photography from across the Intermountain West Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:40:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://alexstrickland.com/blog/the-tomb-of-francisco-pizzaro/ http://alexstrickland.com/blog/the-tomb-of-francisco-pizzaro/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:42:04 +0000 seventi http://alexstrickland.com/blog/?p=293 On my first day in Peru, we nearly got caught i a construction workers’ strike,,survived death-defying taxi rides and visited the tomb of Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizzaro in the cathedral in Lima Centro. It was an incredible church, originally built as a small chapel in 1541 and expanded on until its completion in 1622. On a Tuesday morning it was a blessed respite from the gathering riot police outside. Welcome to South America.

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