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Cusco was a centre for early spanish attempts to evangelise the local population (and get access to the Inca Gold of course). There are multiple large churches in the old town, each built by the different branches of the catholic church. This building itself houses three separate churches.
Although Catholicism is a major religion in the region, it has been blended with many of the traditional Inca traditions and beliefs and is prodly a "hybrid" religion.
This church for example houses a version of the famous Last Supper painting which features a guinea pig (the local delicacy) as the main course.
In 1972, we flew to Cusco from Arequipa on Faucett's lovely old DC-6. It flew lower than today's jets, so the scenery was incredible as we flew over the altiplano. In 1972, the airport was on the outskirts of Cusco. Today the city surrounds it.
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.
A member of Messiah Foundation International distributes leaflets about 'The Absence of Spiritual Knowledge'.
Sacsayhuamán is a walled complex high above the Inca city of Cusco (in the background below) at an altitude of 3,700 m (12,140 ft). Sacsayhuamán was originally built by the prehistoric Killke culture about 1100. They were superseded by the Inca who occupied and expanded the complex beginning about 1200. The complex probably served as a fortress. Some believe that the complex was built specifically in the shape of the head of a puma with Cusco below being its body.
The walls consist of massive blocks of stone which are so closely spaced that it is impossible even to slide a piece of paper between the stones. It is unknown how the blocks were moved and how the walls were constructed. This precision, combined with the rounded corners of the limestone blocks, the variety of their interlocking shapes, and the way the walls lean inward, is thought to have helped the ruins survive devastating earthquakes in Cusco.
The Spanish harvested much rock from the walls of the structure to build churches and monasteries in Cusco. This is why the walls are in perfect condition up to a certain height, and missing above that point.
Going to Cusco/Machu Picchu area during Jan-March, you will be in a middle of rainy season. I did not expect that I will get any sunrise shot from Cusco. When I woke up the first morning there. I looked and found that the horizon toward the east is clear up. I went to a church on top of the hill near a hostal I stayed (Hostal Wara Wara). From here you can see the entire city. Fortunately I was able to see Mount Ausangate (6,384 m or 20,945 ft)
Aseguran los cronistas que existieron en el templo inca recintos dedicados al culto del sol, de la luna, del trueno, del arco iris y las deidades de los pueblos conquistados por el imperio.
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