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Friday, July 8, 2011

From 100 Facts for 100 Years of Machu Picchu - #46


By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor

46. In 1533, Atahuallpa was executed, and explorer Francisco Pizaro began his march to Cuzco.

From the history of Cusco ...

With the empire sharply divided and without a leader to take on the Spanish. On July 26, 1533 Pizaro executed Atahulpa, the last of the great Incas in Cajamarca.

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