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Argentina, Salta: Quebrada (valley) de las Conchas stretches for 80 kilometres north of Cafayate along the Rio Las Conchas. Some of the bizarre and colourful rock formations through which the river flows.
Keywords: landscape, geological formations, rock formations, coloured minerals, mineral deposits, Las Conchas River

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Argentina, Salta: Quebrada (valley) de las Conchas stretches for 80 kilometres north of Cafayate along the Rio Las Conchas. The sandy valley floor and emerging bare, red rocks of the sierra.
Keywords: landscape, Las Conchas River, mineral deposits, coloured minerals, rock formations, geological formations

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Argentina, Salta: Quebrada (valley) de las Conchas stretches for 80 kilometres north of Cafayate along the Rio Las Conchas. Clouds on the peaks of the sierra.
Keywords: landscape, Las Conchas River, mineral deposits, coloured minerals, rock formations, geological formations

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Argentina, Tucumán: the ruins of a pre-Inca citadel of the Quilmes people, who were forcibly relocated to Buenos Aires in 1667. The settlement comprised about 5000 members of the Diaguita tribe. View from below. These people had no writing, but made patterns and signs with embedded white stones.
Keywords: excavations, archeology, settlement, community, indigenous people

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Argentina, Tucumán: the ruins of a pre-Inca citadel of the Quilmes people, who were forcibly relocated to Buenos Aires in 1667. The settlement comprised about 5000 members of the Diaguita tribe. General view of the site and the Calchaquíes valley beyond.
Keywords: excavations, indigenous people, community, settlement, archeology

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Argentina, Tucumán: the ruins of a pre-Inca citadel of the Quilmes people, who were forcibly relocated to Buenos Aires in 1667. The settlement comprised about 5000 members of the Diaguita tribe. General view of the site and the Calchaquíes valley beyond.
Keywords: excavations, indigenous people, community, settlement, archeology

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Argentina, Tucumán: the ruins of a pre-Inca citadel of the Quilmes people, who were forcibly relocated to Buenos Aires in 1667. The settlement comprised about 5000 members of the Diaguita tribe.
Keywords: excavations, archeology, settlement, community, indigenous people

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Argentina: Tucumán, Tafí del Valle: Trichocereus cacti dot the landscape above 3000 metres. They are protected by the state.
Keywords: cactus, landscape, botany, flora and fauna

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Argentina: Tucumán, Tafí del Valle: plant with orange flowers growing under barren conditions (name t.b.a.)
Keywords: botany, flora and fauna

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Argentina: Tucumán, Tafí del Valle: Trichocereus cacti dot the landscape above 3000 metres. They are protected by the state.
Keywords: cactus, flora and fauna, botany, landscape

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Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo de la Industria Azucarera (Sugar Industry Museum), formerly the home of Bishop Colombres in the 18th century, traces the development of the local sugar industry. A retired steam locomotive and (behind) a steam engine in the grounds.
Keywords: sugar cane, cane crushing

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Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo de la Industria Azucarera (Sugar Industry Museum), formerly the home of Bishop Colombres in the 18th century, traces the development of the local sugar industry. Juice from the sugar cane was formerly extracted in a mill, worked by oxen.
Keywords: sugar cane, cane crushing

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Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo de la Industria Azucarera (Sugar Industry Museum), formerly the home of Bishop Colombres in the 18th century, traces the development of the local sugar industry. View of the mansion and outhouses.
Keywords: sugar cane, cane crushing

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Statue of Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (1899-1986), writer, poet, critic and librarian, in Plaza Urquiza. His work was translated into English and other major languages and was widely read. In 1961 he received the first International Publishers' prize, the Prix Formentor:
Keywords: architecture, street scene, monument, sculpture

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. A former casino, built in 1911 by architects Hughe and Colmegna, this building now houses the Legislature of Tucumán.
Keywords: architecture, street scene

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Post and Telecommunications building (Correos) on Calle 25 de Mayo.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, clocktower

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Statue of Hipolito Irigoyen, president of Argentina 1916-22 and 1928-30 standing before the Palacio de Tribunales.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, modern architecture, monument, sculpture

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Well in the gardens of the Casa Historica de Independencia, where an historic congress declared independence from Spain on 9th July 1816.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic building, street scene

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Bronze plaque in the Casa Historica de Independencia comemmorating the historic congress which declared independence from Spain on 9th July 1816.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, historic building, national heritage, tableau

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Gardens of the Casa Historica de Independencia, where an historic congress declared independence from Spain on 9th July 1816.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, historic building, national heritage

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Renovated colonial-style buildings on the Plaza Independencia, with a fine Baroque door.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, plaza mayor

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. The cathedral, built in 1856, although a church has occupied this site since 1565. The architect was Pierre Etcheverry, a Basque. Here: a closer look at the dome (in Argentinian colours) and tympanum.
Keywords: architecture, plaza mayor, neo-classical, religious architecture, church, street scene

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. The cathedral, built in 1856, although a church has occupied this site since 1565. The architect was Pierre Etcheverry, a Basque.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, church, religious architecture, neo-classical, plaza mayor

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Statue of a female figure in the Plaza Independencia.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, monument, sculpture, plaza mayor

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Basilica de San Francisco on the Plaza Independencia.
Keywords: architecture, church, religious architecture, street scene, temple

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Government House (for the Province of Tucumán) on the Plaza Independencia.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, plaza mayor

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Argentina: San Miguel de Tucumán, the largest city in northern Argentina, was founded in 1565 by Spanish Conquistador, Diego de Villarroel. Entrance to the Casa Historica de Independencia, where an historic congress declared independence from Spain on 9th July 1816.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, historic building, national heritage

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. View of the causeway of the nearby Rio Hondo Dam and the run-off of the Rio Dulce.
Keywords: dam, Rio Hondo Dam, hydro-electric power, water power, River Dulce, reservoir

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in the lee of the nearby Rio Hondo Dam.
Keywords: dam, reservoir, River Dulce, water power, hydro-electric power, Rio Hondo Dam

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. Anglers with rod and line, arrayed along the wall of the nearby Rio Hondo Dam, find rich pickings.
Keywords: dam, reservoir, River Dulce, water power, hydro-electric power, Rio Hondo Dam

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. Fishermen are able to catch Dorado with a gaff or net in the shallow waters of the run-off from the Rio Hondo Dam nearby.
Keywords: dam, reservoir, River Dulce, water power, hydro-electric power, Rio Hondo Dam

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. The run-off from the nearby Rio Hondo Dam. The waters are rich in fish (e.g. Dorado) and attract large numbers of cormorants.
Keywords: dam, reservoir, River Dulce, water power, hydro-electric power, Rio Hondo Dam

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. The nearby Rio Hondo Dam, constructed of natural stone.
Keywords: dam, reservoir, hydro-electric power, water power

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Argentina: Termas de Rio Hondo, a spa town famous for its copious hot springs. Cormorants and Snowy Egrets in the shallows of the River Dulce, in the lee of the dam.
Keywords: dam, wild life, water birds, hydro-electric power

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Argentina: Santiago del Estero, the oldest city in Argentina, founded in 1553, is known as "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of cities). The Orthodox Catholic Church, in neo-Gothic style.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, religious architecture, Gothic

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Argentina: Santiago del Estero, the oldest city in Argentina, founded in 1553, is known as "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of cities). The newly renovated Municipidad (Town Hall) also stands on the Plaza Libertad.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, municipal building

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Argentina: Santiago del Estero, the oldest city in Argentina, founded in 1553, is known as "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of cities). Plaza Libertad, with the cathedral, the fifth on this site, dating from 1877.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, religious architecture, church

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Argentina: Santiago del Estero, the oldest city in Argentina, founded in 1553, is known as "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of cities). Equestrian statue of General Manual Belgrano, independence fighter 1811-19.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, monument

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Argentina: Santiago del Estero, the oldest city in Argentina, founded in 1553, is known as "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of cities). A few colonial style buildings have survived, like this corner block.
Keywords: architecture, street scene

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Argentina: wood of the Algarroba tree (Prosopis pallida), a hard, red wood, related to the Carob, and valued for furniture manufacture.
Keywords: crops, natural products, agriculture, exports

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Argentina: crop of soya bean plants (Glycine max) on a plantation near the Paraguayan border.
Keywords: crops, soybean, soya bean, soya, natural products, agriculture, exports

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Argentina: cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum) on a plantation near the Paraguayan border.
Keywords: crops, exports, agriculture, natural products

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Paraguay: a working gaucho, with horse and dog, and a herd of cattle, about 30 kilometres from the Argentinian border.
Keywords: cowboy, horse and rider, horse rider, mounted

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Paraguay: a working gaucho, about 30 kilometres from the Argentinian border.
Keywords: cowboy, horse rider

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Paraguay: Wax Palms (Copernicia prunifera) from which carnauba wax comes. It is obtained by beating the leaves to free the wax, which is then refined. Plantation near the Argentinian border.
Keywords: carnauba, wax polish

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): Westfalia Hotel and Restaurant, with German management, serves German food and beer.
Keywords: capital city, inn, hostelry, albergo

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): "El Cabildo" , built in 1844, was the seat of the Executive until 1894 and then of the National Congress of Paraguay until 2003. It now houses the Cultural Centre of the Republic. Here reflected in the pool in Plaza de la Independencia.
Keywords: capital city, architecture

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): Catedral Metropolitana, dating from 1687, contains a beautiful, gilded Jesuit altar.
Keywords: capital city, Spanish Baroque, architecture, Metropolitan Cathedral

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): Catedral Metropolitana, dating from 1687, contains a beautiful, gilded Jesuit altar.
Keywords: capital city, Metropolitan Cathedral, architecture, Spanish Baroque

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): a trader of the Maca tribe offers colourful traditional handiworks.
Keywords: capital city, souvenirs, headdress, handicrafts

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): Palacio de los López ( the López Presidential Palace) in its well manicured grounds, is the seat of the Paraguayan Government.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, neo-classical

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): "El Cabildo" , built in 1844, was the seat of the Executive until 1894 and then of the National Congress of Paraguay until 2003. It now houses the Cultural Centre of the Republic.
Keywords: capital city, architecture

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): a typical bullock cart on the road to Asunción.
Keywords: village life, local transport

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Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): schoolchildren in a village approaching Asunción, with Rotel bus in the background.
Keywords: village life

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Brazil, Iguassu Falls, a system of 275 waterfalls stretching for 2.7 kilometres between Brazil and Argentina. Salto Floriano from the observation tower on the Brazilian side.
Keywords: tropical monsoon area, Iguazu Falls, Iguacu Falls

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Brazil, Iguassu Falls, a system of 275 waterfalls stretching for 2.7 kilometres between Brazil and Argentina. Salto Floriano, to the left of Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat) from the Brazilian side.
Keywords: tropical monsoon area, Iguazu Falls, Iguacu Falls

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Brazil, Iguassu Falls, a system of 275 waterfalls stretching for 2.7 kilometres between Brazil and Argentina. Salto Santa Maria with Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat) in the background.
Keywords: tropical monsoon area, Iguazu Falls, Iguacu Falls

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Brazil, Iguassu Falls, a system of 275 waterfalls stretching for 2.7 kilometres between Brazil and Argentina. Line of falls adjacent to Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat) on the Argentinian side.
Keywords: tropical monsoon area, Iguazu Falls, Iguacu Falls

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Brazil, Iguassu Falls, a system of 275 waterfalls stretching for 2.7 kilometres between Brazil and Argentina. View of Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat) from the Brazilian side, showing the large cloud of spray.
Keywords: tropical monsoon area, Iguacu Falls, Iguazu Falls

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Brazil, Iguassu Falls, a system of 275 waterfalls stretching for 2.7 kilometres between Brazil and Argentina. Salto Bossetti and the lower River Iguassu from the Brazilian side, with palm trees in the foreground.
Keywords: tropical monsoon area, Iguazu Falls, Iguacu Falls

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