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Cusco, often spelled Cuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province.
The site was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the 16th-century Spanish conquest.
Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
We arrived in Cusco on the day the city's anniversary was being celebrated with dancing and singing. Kindergarteners were featured.
Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination and receives almost a million visitors a year.
The major nearby Inca sites are Pachacuti's presumed winter home, Machu Picchu, which can be reached on foot by an Inca trail or by train; and the "fortress" at Ollantaytambo. Sacsayhuaman was expanded by the Inca.
more about Cusco at www.peru-mercado.com
Cusco is the gateway to the Inca Trail and Machu Pichu, but it's also an interesting place in its own right. This is where the former Incan Empire had its capitol. Interestingly enough, nobody knows for sure what the real name of the Incan Empire is - "Inca" is the name of the last emperor, not the kingdom itself.