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Panoramic view (span of approx. 150°) of the city of Cusco, Peru. The city, located near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range, is the capital of the Cusco Province, has a population of 428,450 inhabitants and its elevation is around 3,400 metres (11,200 ft). The site was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the 16th-century Spanish conquest and was declared in 1983 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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On August 13, 1961, the GDR began building the Berlin Wall. It is intended to make escape to West Berlin impossible. In the following years, the wall was expanded into a high-security zone - and a death trap.

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