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Toconao Plaza on a quiet Monday afternoon. This village (38 km. from San Pedro) is at 2475m above sea level. It is an oasis, whose sweet waters, free of arsenic, allow for the cultivation of a variety of fruit trees such as pears, plums, quince and grapes as well as a large amount of vegetables. This pre-Hispanic settlement has an interesting architecture in local liparita stone, which is volcanic soft and white stone, extracted from a quarry 2 km. up the local street.

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  P1080343.JPG - Toconao Plaza on a quiet Monday afternoon. This village (38 km. from San Pedro) is at 2475m above sea level. It is an oasis, whose sweet waters, free of arsenic, allow for the cultivation of a variety of fruit trees such as pears, plums, quince and grapes as well as a large amount of vegetables. This pre-Hispanic settlement has an interesting architecture in local liparita stone, which is volcanic soft and white stone, extracted from a quarry 2 km. up the local street.  
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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ10 | Date: 11/12/07 2:42 PM | Resolution: 2304 x 1728 | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/1000s | Aperture: 5.6 | Focal Length: 6.0mm (=36mm)
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