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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.
Pikillaqta is a village of the Wari people. Wari was the center village and other cities like Pikillaqta were influenced from it. The Wari also inhabited many other sites around the area.
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Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (Spanish), is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cuzco Province. In 2013, the city had a population of 435,114. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cuzco, its elevation is around 3,400 m (11,200 ft).
Cusco was the site of 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 2 million visitors a year. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru.
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 They were superseded by the Inca who occupied and expanded the complex beginning about 1200.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.
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.
Gracias amig@s por sus gentiles visitas, generosos comentarios o por señalarla entre sus favoritas.
The elevation for the city of Cuzco, Peru is 10,912 feet/3326 meters. That's over two miles above sea level.
Cusco (Qosqo in Quechua), means navel of the world, and is one of the most extensive regions of Peru. Its geographical location has allowed it to develop agriculturally, highlighting the cultivation of corn, quinoa, barley, potatoes, tea and coffee. Today Tourism is its main source of income, due to the great archaeological wealth left by the Tahuantinsuyo empire and the passage of the Spaniards. It is undoubtedly the city that preserves the most beautiful and important archaeological monuments of Peru and America, among them Machu Pichu, being in this way the first tourist destination in our country, an important tourist destination for those who come to appreciate the impressive Inca architecture; made with originality and perfection the works in stone.
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.
Cusco, ciudad de múltiples contrastes. Antigua capital del Tahuantinsuyo, principal eje turíscico del Perú. Sus casas coloniales se asientan sobre magníficas murallas incas, coronadas por balcones y tejados de influencia española.
Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire. It is located at an altitude of around 3400 m (11,200 ft). When the Spanish Conquistadores arrived in Cuzco in 1533, the palace of Viracocha was identified as the location for a cathedral to firmly implant Catholicism and eradicate Inca religion. The Cathedral's construction began in 1559, using the destroyed Inca palace as a foundation. Most of the stones for the building were taken from Sacsayhuamán, the Inca fortress high over Cuzco. Construction was completed in 1654.
At the end of the week-long Corpus Christi celebrations, the statues of the saints are taken out of the Catedral and brought back to their parish churches.