The Alpaca

The true treasure of the Andes of Peru

When the Spanish conquerors arrived at Peru, entered triumphant Cuzco, the capital of the Empire Inca, and they seized of its historical treasures. Some of their men already had come off the plates gold that covered the Temple with the Sun and filling their provisions with statues with silver. But they ignored what perhaps it was the greater incaico treasure: the rare and luxurious fiber fabrics of Alpaca, that constituted the foundation of the wealth Inca.

With cords, they created fiber ceilings and they did not take the account of his wealth with characteristics written, but with series of knots in wool cords. They spun a wool fabric using the smoothest wool of Alpaca, a small and delicate member of the family of the camelidaes, who was so smooth and beautiful that she was appreciated more than no other thing in the empire, located in the centered mountainous region in which at the moment it is Peru. AlpacaBetween the inhabitants of the Andes, the fabric was the current currency. The emperors Incas compensated the fidelity of their noble with smooth fabric gifts created by weaving experts? An ancestral legacy that today fills of pride and allows to us to present everybody our great treasure. The Alpaca of Peru.

An ancestral legacy that today fills of pride and allows to us to present everybody our great treasure. The Alpaca of Peru.