Portal:Peru/Did you know/4


 * ...that Inca architecture (wall pictured) is widely known for its fine masonry, which features precisely cut and shaped stones?
 * ...that after its defeat in the War of the Pacific the Peruvian Army was rebuilt under the guidance of a French Military Mission?
 * ...that the sol, the currency of Peru, was introduced in July 1991 at a rate of one per one million intis?
 * ...that in 1996 the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, starting a hostage crisis?
 * ...that UBIGEO is a coding system used by the Peruvian National Statistics Institute to identify national administrative subdivisions?