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Pisco Travel Guide

Pisco History

Pisco is the capital of the province homonima in the Ica, Pisco is to 290 km to the south of Lima, capital of Peru. Actually Pisco is known as “Pisco town” like the port and the levee, known like “Pisco beach”.

In 1820, Jose of San Martin disembarked in a near beach (District of Paracas) to the port of Pisco. The city of Pisco is a place that was within territory of the Hispanic cultures Nazca and Paracas.

With the establishment of the Virreinato in Peru, the port of Pisco served as starting point Huancavelica and Pisco.

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