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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inca_period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inca_period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Inca period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inca_period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spanish_period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spanish_period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Spanish period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spanish_period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honors" class="vector-toc-list-item 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cuisine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cuisine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Cuisine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuisine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Foods" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foods"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5.1</span> <span>Foods</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foods-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Beverages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Beverages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5.2</span> <span>Beverages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Beverages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chiri_Uchu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chiri_Uchu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5.3</span> <span>Chiri Uchu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chiri_Uchu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6.1</span> <span>Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cusco_Symphony_Orchestra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cusco_Symphony_Orchestra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6.2</span> <span>Cusco Symphony Orchestra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cusco_Symphony_Orchestra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cinema" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cinema"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.8</span> <span>Cinema</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cinema-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Main_sites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Main_sites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Main sites</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Main_sites-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Main sites subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Main_sites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Architectural_heritage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architectural_heritage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Architectural heritage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Architectural_heritage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Barrio_de_San_Blas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Barrio_de_San_Blas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1</span> <span><i>Barrio de San Blas</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Barrio_de_San_Blas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hatun_Rumiyuq" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hatun_Rumiyuq"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.2</span> <span>Hatun Rumiyuq</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hatun_Rumiyuq-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Basílica_de_la_Merced" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basílica_de_la_Merced"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.3</span> <span>Basílica de la Merced</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Basílica_de_la_Merced-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cathedral" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cathedral"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.4</span> <span>Cathedral</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cathedral-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plaza_de_Armas_de_Cusco" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plaza_de_Armas_de_Cusco"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.5</span> <span>Plaza de Armas de Cusco</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Plaza_de_Armas_de_Cusco-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iglesia_de_la_Compañía_de_Jesús" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iglesia_de_la_Compañía_de_Jesús"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.6</span> <span><i>Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iglesia_de_la_Compañía_de_Jesús-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Qurikancha_and_Convent_of_Santo_Domingo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Qurikancha_and_Convent_of_Santo_Domingo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.7</span> <span>Qurikancha and Convent of Santo Domingo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Qurikancha_and_Convent_of_Santo_Domingo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> 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<span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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Available in 94 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-94" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">94 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosco" title="Cosco – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Cosco" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88" title="كوسكو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوسكو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D6%84%D6%85" title="Քուսքօ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Քուսքօ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusuko" title="Kusuko – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Kusuko" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qusqu" title="Qusqu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Qusqu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B" title="কোস্কো – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোস্কো" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Куска – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Куска" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Куско – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Куско" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qusqu" title="Qusqu – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Qusqu" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Куско – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Куско" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco_(kapital_sa_rehiyon)" title="Cusco (kapital sa rehiyon) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Cusco (kapital sa rehiyon)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscu" title="Cuscu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Cuscu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF" title="Κούσκο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κούσκο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusko" title="Kusko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kusko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscu" title="Cuscu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Cuscu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_(%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="کوسکو (شهر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوسکو (شهر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qusqu" title="Qusqu – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Qusqu" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A0%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94" title="쿠스코 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쿠스코" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%B8" title="Կուսկո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կուսկո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B" title="कुज़्को – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कुज़्को" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Куско – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Куско" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%95" title="קוסקו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוסקו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D" title="კუსკო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კუსკო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusko" title="Kusko – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Kusko" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuschum" title="Cuschum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cuschum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusko" title="Kusko – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kusko" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuskas" title="Kuskas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kuskas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Куско – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Куско" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B" title="कुस्को – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कुस्को" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88" title="كوسكو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كوسكو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%B0%E1%80%87%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ကူဇကိုမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကူဇကိုမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco_(stad)" title="Cuzco (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cuzco (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3" title="クスコ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クスコ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzco" title="Cuzco – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Cuzco" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco" title="Cusco – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Cusco" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusko" title="Kusko – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kusko" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88" title="کوسکو – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کوسکو" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" 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text"><i lang="es">Cuzco</i></span><br /> <span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">Qosqo</i></span> or <span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">Qusqu</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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href="/wiki/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n" title="Sacsayhuamán">Sacsayhuamán</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:136px;max-width:136px"><div style="height:93px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_%28cropped%29.jpg/134px-UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_%28cropped%29.jpg/201px-UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_%28cropped%29.jpg/268px-UNESCOCuscomarker_and_Coricancha_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="342" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Qorikancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Qorikancha">Qorikancha</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:142px;max-width:142px"><div style="height:107px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cusco_Cathedral_(34333921404).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cusco_Cathedral_%2834333921404%29.png/140px-Cusco_Cathedral_%2834333921404%29.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cusco_Cathedral_%2834333921404%29.png/210px-Cusco_Cathedral_%2834333921404%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cusco_Cathedral_%2834333921404%29.png/280px-Cusco_Cathedral_%2834333921404%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2298" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Cusco_Cathedral" title="Cusco Cathedral">Cusco Cathedral</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:136px;max-width:136px"><div style="height:107px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calle_Carmen_Alto,_Cusco,_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Calle_Carmen_Alto%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg/134px-Calle_Carmen_Alto%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Calle_Carmen_Alto%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg/201px-Calle_Carmen_Alto%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Calle_Carmen_Alto%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg/268px-Calle_Carmen_Alto%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru_-_panoramio_colour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/San_Blas_(Cusco)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Blas (Cusco)">San Blas</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:280px;max-width:280px"><div style="height:113px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg/278px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="278" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg/417px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg/556px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4007" data-file-height="1642" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Cusco" title="Historic Centre of Cusco">Historic Centre</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cusco_(2021).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Cusco"><img alt="Flag of Cusco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Cusco_%282021%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Cusco_%282021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Cusco_%282021%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Cusco_%282021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Cusco_%282021%29.svg/200px-Flag_of_Cusco_%282021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Cusco" title="Flag of Cusco">Flag</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cusco_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Cusco"><img alt="Coat of arms of Cusco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Cusco_Emblem.svg/100px-Cusco_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Cusco_Emblem.svg/150px-Cusco_Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Cusco_Emblem.svg/200px-Cusco_Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Cusco" title="Coat of arms of Cusco">Coat of arms</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">La Ciudad Imperial</i></span> (The Imperial City), <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">El Ombligo del Mundo</i></span> (The Navel of the World)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Anthem: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Cusco" title="Anthem of Cusco">Himno del Cusco</a></i></span><br /><span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">Qosqo yupaychana taki</i></span><br />(English: "Anthem of Cusco")<br /></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a 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.pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peru_physical_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cusco is located in Peru"><img alt="Cusco is located in Peru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Peru_physical_map.svg/250px-Peru_physical_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Peru_physical_map.svg/375px-Peru_physical_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Peru_physical_map.svg/500px-Peru_physical_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="851" data-file-height="1037" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:70.956%;left:68.35%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cusco"><img alt="Cusco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Cusco</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Peru</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Peru</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cusco is located in South America"><img alt="Cusco is located in South America" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1732" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.535%;left:29.849%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cusco"><img alt="Cusco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Cusco</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within South America</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of South America</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_location_map_(equirectangular_180).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cusco is located in Earth"><img alt="Cusco is located in Earth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg/250px-World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg/375px-World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg/500px-World_location_map_%28equirectangular_180%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2521" data-file-height="1260" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:57.514%;left:30.008%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cusco"><img alt="Cusco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Cusco</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Earth</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Earth</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cusco&params=13_31_30_S_71_58_20_W_region:PE_type:city(428450)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°31′30″S</span> <span class="longitude">71°58′20″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.52500°S 71.97222°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-13.52500; -71.97222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Peru" title="Regions of Peru">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cusco_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco Region">Cusco</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Peru" title="Provinces of Peru">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cusco_Province" title="Cusco Province">Cusco</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire" title="Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">March 23, 1534<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro" title="Francisco Pizarro">Francisco Pizarro</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Municipality_of_Cusco" title="Provincial Municipality of Cusco">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Víctor G. Boluarte Medina</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">385.1 km<sup>2</sup> (148.7 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,399 m (11,152 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2017)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">428,450</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2015)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">427,218</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (2,900/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cuzqueño/a</i></span>, <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cusqueño/a</i></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li>64.0% <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Peru" title="Indigenous peoples of Peru">Indigenous</a> <ul><li>63.0% <a href="/wiki/Quechua_people" title="Quechua people">Quechua</a></li> <li>0.8% <a href="/wiki/Aymara_people" title="Aymara people">Aimara</a></li> <li>0.1% <a href="/wiki/Amazon_basin#Indigenous_peoples" title="Amazon basin">Amazonian</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>0.1% Other indigenous groups <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>31.0% <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a> (mixed <a href="/wiki/Peruvians_of_European_descent" title="Peruvians of European descent">White</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Peru" title="Indigenous peoples of Peru">Indigenous</a>)</li> <li>1.9% <a href="/wiki/Peruvians_of_European_descent" title="Peruvians of European descent">White</a></li> <li>0.8% Other</li> <li>2.3% No answer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2023</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$4.2 billion<sup id="cite_ref-TelluBase_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelluBase-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (PET)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/UBIGEO" title="UBIGEO">UBIGEO</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">08000</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">84</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Cusco" title="Historic Centre of Cusco">City of Cusco</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country" title="World Heritage Sites by country">Location</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas">Latin America and the Caribbean</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: iii, iv</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/273">273</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1983 (7th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cusco</b> or <b>Cuzco</b><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Latin American Spanish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-419-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[ˈkusko]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a>: <i lang="qu">Qosqo</i> or <span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">Qusqu</i></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">both pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="qu-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Quechua" title="Help:IPA/Quechua">[ˈqɔsqɔ]</a></span>) is a city in southeastern <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Valley" title="Sacred Valley">Sacred Valley</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Province" title="Cusco Province">province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco Region">department</a>. The city is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Peru" title="List of cities in Peru">seventh most populous in Peru</a>; in 2017, it had a population of 428,450. Its elevation is around 3,400 m (11,200 ft). </p><p>The city was the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a> until the 16th-century <a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish conquest of Peru">Spanish conquest</a>. In 1983, Cusco was declared a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> with the title "<a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Cusco" title="Historic Centre of Cusco">City of Cusco</a>". It has become a major tourist destination, hosting over 2 million visitors a year and providing passage to numerous Incan ruins, such as <a href="/wiki/Machu_Picchu" title="Machu Picchu">Machu Picchu</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_modern_wonders_of_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven modern wonders of the world">Seven modern wonders of the world</a> and others. The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Peru" title="Constitution of Peru">Constitution of Peru</a> (1993) designates the city as the Historical Capital of Peru.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spelling_and_etymology">Spelling and etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Spelling and etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The indigenous name of this city is <span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">Qusqu</i></span>. Although the name was used in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Quechua" title="Southern Quechua">Southern Quechua</a>, its origin is found in the <a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara language</a>. The word is derived from the phrase <span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">qusqu wanka</i></span> ('rock of the owl'), related to the city's foundation myth of the Ayar siblings. According to this legend, Ayar Awqa (<span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Ayar Auca</i></span>) acquired wings and flew to the site of the future city; there he was transformed into a rock to mark the possession of the land by his <span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu"><a href="/wiki/Ayllu" title="Ayllu">ayllu</a></i></span> ("lineage"):<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Then Ayar Oche stood up, displayed a pair of large wings, and said he should be the one to stay at <a href="/wiki/Guanacaure" class="mw-redirect" title="Guanacaure">Guanacaure</a> as an idol in order to speak with their father the Sun. Then they went up on top of the hill. Now at the site where he was to remain as an idol, Ayar Oche raised up in flight toward the heavens so high that they could not see him. He returned and told Ayar Manco that from then on he was to be named <a href="/wiki/Manco_Capac" class="mw-redirect" title="Manco Capac">Manco Capac</a>. Ayar Oche came from where the Sun was and the Sun had ordered that Ayar Manco take that name and go to the town that they had seen. After this had been stated by the idol, Ayar Oche turned into a stone, just as he was, with his wings. Later Manco Capac went down with Ayar Auca to their settlement...he liked the place now occupied in this city Cuzco. Manco Capac and his companion, with the help of the four women, made a house. Having done this, Manco Capac and his companion, with the four women, planted some land with maize. It is said that they took the maize from the cave, which this lord Manco Capac named <a href="/wiki/Pacaritambo" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacaritambo">Pacaritambo</a>, which means those of origin because...they came out of that cave.<sup id="cite_ref-Betanzos_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betanzos-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 15–16">: 15–16 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a> <a href="/wiki/Conquistador" title="Conquistador">conquistadors</a> (Spanish soldiers) adopted the local name, <a href="/wiki/Orthographic_transcription" title="Orthographic transcription">transcribing</a> it according to Spanish phonetics as <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cuzco</i></span> or, less often, <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cozco</i></span>. <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cuzco</i></span> was the standard spelling on official documents and chronicles in colonial times,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cusco</i></span> was also used. <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cuzco</i></span>, pronounced as in 16th-century Spanish, seems to have been a close approximation to the Cusco Quechua pronunciation of the name at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As both Spanish and Quechua pronunciation have evolved since then, the Spanish pronunciation of 'z' is no longer universally close to the Quechua pronunciation. In 1976, the city mayor signed an ordinance banning the traditional spelling and ordering the use of a new spelling, <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cusco</i></span>, in <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Municipality_of_Cusco" title="Provincial Municipality of Cusco">municipality</a> publications. Nineteen years later, on 23 June 1990, the local authorities formalized a new spelling more closely related to Quechua, <i>Qosqo</i>, but later administrations have not followed suit.<sup id="cite_ref-Qosqo_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qosqo-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no international, official spelling of the city's name. In English-language publications both "s"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "z"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> can be found. The <i>Oxford Dictionary of English</i> and <i>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</i> prefer "Cuzco",<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in scholarly writings "Cuzco" is used more often than "Cusco".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's international airport code is <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_International_Airport" title="Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport">CUZ</a>, reflecting the earlier Spanish spelling. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbols">Symbols</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Symbols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flag">Flag</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Cusco" title="Flag of Cusco">Flag of Cusco</a></div> <p>The official <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Cusco" title="Flag of Cusco">Flag of Cusco</a> consists of seven horizontal stripes in the colors red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, blue, and violet, representing the rainbow. This flag was introduced in 1973 by Raúl Montesinos Espejo in celebration of the 25th anniversary of his Tawantinsuyo Radio station. Its popularity led to its official adoption by the Municipality of Cusco in 1978. Since 2021, the flag has also included the golden "Sol de Echenique," a symbol associated with the city's historical identity.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Cusco" title="Coat of arms of Cusco">Coat of arms of Cusco</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Cusco" title="Coat of arms of Cusco">Coat of arms of Cusco</a> was officially adopted in 1986 and is used by the city, <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Province" title="Cusco Province">province</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Cuzco" title="Department of Cuzco">region</a> of Cusco. The coat of arms incorporates elements from both Inca and Spanish heraldry. Historically, the city's arms included a golden castle on a red field with eight condors surrounding it. The modern design, officially adopted in 1986, features the <a href="/wiki/Sol_de_Echenique" title="Sol de Echenique">Sol de Echenique</a>, a golden sun emblem, as the central element, symbolizing the city's connection to its Inca heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anthem">Anthem</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Anthem"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Cusco" title="Anthem of Cusco">Anthem of Cusco</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Anthem_of_Cusco" title="Anthem of Cusco">Anthem of Cusco</a> was composed by Roberto Ojeda Campana with lyrics by Luis Nieto Miranda in 1944. It was officially adopted as the city's anthem and has been sung at public events since then. In 1991, the anthem was translated into <a href="/wiki/Quechuan_languages" title="Quechuan languages">Quechua</a> by Faustino Espinoza Navarro and Mario Mejía Waman. The anthem is performed in both Spanish and Quechua, reflecting the city's cultural diversity and historical significance. In 2019, the Municipality of Cusco declared the performance of the anthem in Quechua at civic events to be of public interest and historical importance.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Cusco" title="History of Cusco">History of Cusco</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ; font-size: 80%;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #B0C4DE;">Timeline of Cusco <br /><small>Historical affiliations</small></div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cusco" title="Kingdom of Cusco">Kingdom of Cusco</a>, 1197–1438<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Suntur_Paucar.svg/15px-Suntur_Paucar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Suntur_Paucar.svg/23px-Suntur_Paucar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Suntur_Paucar.svg/30px-Suntur_Paucar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a>, 1438–1532<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Kingdom of Spain – Habsburg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Governorate_of_New_Castile" title="Governorate of New Castile">Governorate of New Castile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru</a>), 1532–1700 <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1180" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Spain_(1700%E2%80%931808)" title="History of Spain (1700–1808)">Kingdom of Spain – Bourbon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru</a>), 1700–1808 <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Bandera_de_Espa%C3%B1a_1808-1813.svg/23px-Bandera_de_Espa%C3%B1a_1808-1813.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Bandera_de_Espa%C3%B1a_1808-1813.svg/35px-Bandera_de_Espa%C3%B1a_1808-1813.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Bandera_de_Espa%C3%B1a_1808-1813.svg/45px-Bandera_de_Espa%C3%B1a_1808-1813.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_under_Joseph_Bonaparte" title="Spain under Joseph Bonaparte">Kingdom of Spain – Bonaparte</a> (<a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru</a>), 1808–1813 <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281760%E2%80%931785%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1180" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Spain_(1700%E2%80%931808)" title="History of Spain (1700–1808)">Kingdom of Spain – Bourbon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru</a>), 1813–1821 <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Peru_%281821-1822%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Peru_%281821-1822%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Peru_%281821-1822%29.svg/31px-Flag_of_Peru_%281821-1822%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Peru_%281821-1822%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Peru_%281821-1822%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Protectorate_of_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="Protectorate of Peru">Protectorate of Peru</a>, 1821–1822<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, 1822–1836<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Peru-Bolivian_Confederation.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Peru-Bolivian_Confederation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Peru-Bolivian_Confederation.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Peru-Bolivian_Confederation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Peru-Bolivian_Confederation.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Peru-Bolivian_Confederation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peru%E2%80%93Bolivian_Confederation" title="Peru–Bolivian Confederation">Peru–Bolivian Confederation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republic_of_South_Peru" title="Republic of South Peru">Republic of South Peru</a>), 1836–1839 <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, 1839–present </p> </blockquote> </div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n,_Cusco,_Per%C3%BA,_2015-07-31,_DD_35.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_35.JPG/231px-Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_35.JPG" decoding="async" width="231" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_35.JPG/347px-Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_35.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_35.JPG/462px-Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_35.JPG 2x" data-file-width="8139" data-file-height="5603" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n" title="Sacsayhuamán">Sacsayhuamán</a> is an Inca ceremonial fortress located two kilometers north from Cusco: the greatest architectural work by the Incas during their apogee.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Killke_culture">Killke culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Killke culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Killke_culture" title="Killke culture">Killke</a> people occupied the region from 900 to 1200 CE, prior to the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Inca" class="mw-redirect" title="Inca">Inca</a> in the 13th century. <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">Carbon-14 dating</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saksaywaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Saksaywaman">Saksaywaman</a>, the walled complex outside Cusco, established that Killke constructed the fortress about 1100 CE. The Inca later expanded and occupied the complex in the 13th century. In March 2008, <a href="/wiki/Archeologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeologist">archeologists</a> discovered the ruins of an ancient temple, roadway and <a href="/wiki/Aqueduct_(watercourse)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aqueduct (watercourse)">aqueduct</a> system at Saksaywaman.<sup id="cite_ref-temple_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-temple-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple covers some 2,700 square feet (250 square meters) and contains 11 rooms thought to have held idols and mummies,<sup id="cite_ref-temple_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-temple-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> establishing its religious purpose. Together with the results of excavations in 2007, when another temple was found at the edge of the fortress, this indicates a longtime religious as well as military use of the facility.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inca_period">Inca period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Inca period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cusco" title="Kingdom of Cusco">Kingdom of Cusco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:348px;max-width:348px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Corigold.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Corigold.jpg/170px-Corigold.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Corigold.jpg/255px-Corigold.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Corigold.jpg/340px-Corigold.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg/170px-View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg/255px-View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg/340px-View_of_Cusco_from_Coricancha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2392" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Digital recreation of the original interior of the <a href="/wiki/Coricancha" title="Coricancha">Qurikancha</a> (The main Temple of the Sun of the Inca Empire) according to the description of <a href="/wiki/Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega" title="Inca Garcilaso de la Vega">Garcilaso de la Vega</a>; and the current Qoricancha's wall remains below the Convento de Santo Domingo</div></div></div></div><p>Cusco was long an important center of indigenous people. It was the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a> (13th century – 1532). Many believe that the city was planned as an <a href="/wiki/Effigy" title="Effigy">effigy</a> in the shape of a <a href="/wiki/Cougar" title="Cougar">puma</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Sacred" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred">sacred</a> animal.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> How Cusco was specifically built, or how its large stones were quarried and transported to the site remain undetermined. Under the Inca, the city had two sectors: the <i>hurin</i> and <i>hanan</i>. Each was divided to encompass two of the four provinces, <a href="/wiki/Chinchasuyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinchasuyu">Chinchasuyu</a> (NW), <a href="/wiki/Antisuyu" title="Antisuyu">Antisuyu</a> (NE), <a href="/wiki/Kuntisuyu" title="Kuntisuyu">Kuntisuyu</a> (SW) and <a href="/wiki/Qullasuyu" title="Qullasuyu">Qullasuyu</a> (SE). A road led from each quarter to the corresponding quarter of the empire. </p><p>Each local leader was required to build a house in the city and live part of the year in Cusco, restricted to the quarter that corresponded to the quarter in which he held territory. After the rule of <a href="/wiki/Pachacuti" title="Pachacuti">Pachacuti</a>, when an <a href="/wiki/Sapa_Inca" title="Sapa Inca">Inca</a> died, his title went to one son and his property was given to a corporation controlled by his other relatives (<a href="/wiki/Split_inheritance" title="Split inheritance">split inheritance</a>). Each title holder had to build a new house and add new lands to the empire in order to own land for his family to keep after his death. </p><p>According to Inca legend, the city was rebuilt by <a href="/wiki/Sapa_Inca" title="Sapa Inca">Sapa Inca</a> <a href="/wiki/Pachacuti" title="Pachacuti">Pachacuti</a>, the man who transformed the Kingdom of Cusco from a sleepy city-state into the vast empire of <i><a href="/wiki/Tawantinsuyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tawantinsuyu">Tawantinsuyu</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamboa_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamboa-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66–69">: 66–69 </span></sup> Archeological evidence, however, points to a slower, more organic growth of the city beginning before Pachacuti. The city was constructed according to a definite plan in which two rivers were channeled around the city. Archeologists have suggested that this city plan was replicated at other sites. </p><p>The city fell to the sphere of <a href="/wiki/Hu%C3%A1scar" title="Huáscar">Huáscar</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Civil_War" title="Inca Civil War">Inca Civil War</a> after the death of <a href="/wiki/Huayna_Capac" title="Huayna Capac">Huayna Capac</a> in 1528. It was captured by the generals of <a href="/wiki/Atahualpa" title="Atahualpa">Atahualpa</a> in April 1532 in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quipaipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Quipaipan">Battle of Quipaipan</a>. Nineteen months later, Spanish explorers invaded the city after kidnapping and murdering Atahualpa (see <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cuzco" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Cuzco">Battle of Cuzco</a>), and gained control. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_period">Spanish period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Spanish period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish conquest of Peru">Spanish conquest of Peru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cusco_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco School">Cusco School</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Capitulo-XCII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Capitulo-XCII.jpg/220px-Capitulo-XCII.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Capitulo-XCII.jpg/330px-Capitulo-XCII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Capitulo-XCII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="424" data-file-height="442" /></a><figcaption>The first image of Cusco in Europe. <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Cieza_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Pedro Cieza de León">Pedro Cieza de León</a>. <i>Crónica del Perú</i>, 1553.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first three <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spaniards</a> arrived in the city in May 1533, after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cajamarca" title="Battle of Cajamarca">Battle of Cajamarca</a>, collecting for <a href="/wiki/Atahualpa" title="Atahualpa">Atahualpa</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ransom_Room" title="Ransom Room">Ransom Room</a>. On 15 November 1533 <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro" title="Francisco Pizarro">Francisco Pizarro</a> officially arrived in Cusco. "The capital of the Incas ... astonished the Spaniards by the beauty of its edifices, the length and regularity of its streets." The great square was surrounded by several palaces, since "each sovereign built a new palace for himself." "The delicacy of the stone work excelled" that of the Spaniards'. The fortress had three <a href="/wiki/Parapet" title="Parapet">parapets</a> and was composed of "heavy masses of rock". "Through the heart of the capital ran a river ... faced with stone. ... The most sumptuous edifice in Cuzco ... was undoubtedly the great temple dedicated to the Sun ... studded with gold plates ... surrounded by convents and dormitories for the priests. ... The palaces were numerous and the troops lost no time in plundering them of their contents, as well as despoiling the religious edifices," including the royal mummies in the <a href="/wiki/Coricancha" title="Coricancha">Coricancha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prescott_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prescott-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 186–187, 192–193, 216–219">: 186–187, 192–193, 216–219 </span></sup> </p><p>Pizarro ceremoniously gave <a href="/wiki/Manco_Inca" class="mw-redirect" title="Manco Inca">Manco Inca</a> the Incan fringe as the new Peruvian leader.<sup id="cite_ref-Prescott_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prescott-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 221">: 221 </span></sup> Pizarro encouraged some of his men to stay and settle in the city, giving out <a href="/wiki/Repartimiento" title="Repartimiento">repartimientos</a>, or land grants to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-Pizarro_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pizarro-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 46">: 46 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alcaldes" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcaldes">Alcaldes</a> were established and <a href="/wiki/Regidor" title="Regidor">regidores</a> on 24 March 1534, which included the brothers <a href="/wiki/Gonzalo_Pizarro" title="Gonzalo Pizarro">Gonzalo Pizarro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juan_Pizarro_(conquistador)" title="Juan Pizarro (conquistador)">Juan Pizarro</a>. Pizarro left a garrison of 90 men and departed for <a href="/wiki/Jauja" title="Jauja">Jauja</a> with Manco Inca.<sup id="cite_ref-Prescott_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prescott-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 222, 227">: 222, 227 </span></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png/220px-1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png/330px-1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png/440px-1565_Cusco_Ramusio_Delle_Navigationi_vol3_pp411-412.png 2x" data-file-width="1126" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption>Map showing the city of Cusco during the Inca Empire. Painting of 1565 by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Ramusio" title="Giovanni Battista Ramusio">Giovanni Battista Ramusio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hatunrumiyoc_(7640968366).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Hatunrumiyoc_%287640968366%29.jpg/220px-Hatunrumiyoc_%287640968366%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Hatunrumiyoc_%287640968366%29.jpg/330px-Hatunrumiyoc_%287640968366%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Hatunrumiyoc_%287640968366%29.jpg/440px-Hatunrumiyoc_%287640968366%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>View of Hatun Rumiyuq Street. Many of the colonial constructions used the city's Inca constructions as a base.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Pizarro renamed it as the "very noble and great city of Cuzco". Buildings often constructed after the Spanish invasion have a mixture of Spanish influence and Inca <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_architecture" title="Indigenous architecture">indigenous architecture</a>, including the Santa Clara and San Blas neighborhoods. The Spanish destroyed many Inca buildings, temples and palaces. They used the remaining walls as bases for the construction of a new city, and this stone masonry is still visible. </p><p>Father <a href="/wiki/Vincente_de_Valverde" title="Vincente de Valverde">Vincente de Valverde</a> became the Bishop of Cusco and built his cathedral facing the <a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Armas_(Cusco)" title="Plaza de Armas (Cusco)">plaza</a>. He supported construction of the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican Order</a> monastery (<a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Convent" title="Santo Domingo Convent">Santo Domingo Convent</a>) on the ruins of the Corichanca, House of the Sun, and a convent at the former site of the House of the Virgins of the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-Prescott_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prescott-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 222">: 222 </span></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Cuzco" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Cuzco">Siege of Cuzco</a> of 1536 by <a href="/wiki/Manco_Inca_Yupanqui" title="Manco Inca Yupanqui">Manco Inca Yupanqui</a>, a leader of the <a href="/wiki/Sapa_Inca" title="Sapa Inca">Sapa Inca</a>, he took control of the city from the Spanish. Although the siege lasted 10 months, it was ultimately unsuccessful. Manco's forces were able to reclaim the city for only a few days. He eventually retreated to <a href="/wiki/Vilcabamba,_Peru" title="Vilcabamba, Peru">Vilcabamba</a>, the capital of the newly established small <a href="/wiki/Neo-Inca_State" title="Neo-Inca State">Neo-Inca State</a>. There his state survived another 36 years but he was never able to return to Cuzco. Throughout the conflict and years of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Spanish colonization of the Americas">Spanish colonization of the Americas</a>, many Incas died of <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> epidemics, as they had no acquired immunity to a disease by then endemic among Europeans. </p><p>Cusco was built on layers of cultures. The Tawantinsuyu (former <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a>) was built on <a href="/wiki/Killke" class="mw-redirect" title="Killke">Killke</a> structures. The Spanish replaced <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous</a> temples with Catholic churches, and Inca palaces with mansions for the invaders. </p><p>Cusco was the center for the Spanish colonization and spread of Christianity in the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andean</a> world. It became very prosperous thanks to agriculture, cattle raising and mining, as well as its trade with <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Spain</a>. The Spanish colonists constructed many churches and <a href="/wiki/Convent" title="Convent">convents</a>, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Cathedral" title="Cusco Cathedral">cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_University_of_Saint_Anthony_the_Abbot_in_Cuzco" title="National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco">university</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cusco" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco">archdiocese</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg/220px-Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg/330px-Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg/440px-Colonial_balconies_of_Cusco_Ephraim_George_Squier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1324" data-file-height="1046" /></a><figcaption><i>View in the Plaza del Cabildo, Cuzco</i> in 1877 by <a href="/wiki/Ephraim_George_Squier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ephraim George Squier">Ephraim George Squier</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_(circa_1897)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_%28circa_1897%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_%28circa_1897%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_%28circa_1897%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_%28circa_1897%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_%28circa_1897%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Vista_panor%C3%A1mica_de_la_ciudad_de_Cuzco_%28circa_1897%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1937" data-file-height="1250" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of Cusco in 1897, showing the city, surrounding farmland, and mountains. "CUZCO" is written on the ground.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present">Present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A major earthquake on 21 May hit in 1950, and caused damage in more than one third of the city's structures. The Dominican Priory and Church of Santo Domingo, which were built on top of the impressive <i><a href="/wiki/Qurikancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Qurikancha">Qurikancha</a></i> (Temple of the Sun), were among the affected colonial era buildings. Inca architecture withstood the earthquake. Many of the old Inca walls were at first thought to have been lost after the earthquake, but the <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> retaining walls of the <i>Qurikancha</i> were exposed, as well as those of other ancient structures throughout the city. Restoration work at the Santo Domingo complex exposed the Inca masonry formerly obscured by the superstructure without compromising the integrity of the colonial heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the buildings damaged in 1950 had been impacted by an earthquake only nine years previously.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1990s, during the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Municipality_of_Cusco" title="Provincial Municipality of Cusco">mayoral administration</a> of Mayor <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Estrada_(politician)" title="Daniel Estrada (politician)">Daniel Estrada Pérez</a>, the city underwent a new process of beautification through the restoration of monuments and the construction of plazas, fountains and monuments. Likewise, thanks to the efforts of this authority, various recognitions were achieved, such as the declaration as "Historical Capital of Peru" contained in the text of the Political Constitution of Peru of 1993. It was also decided to change the coat of arms of Cusco, leaving aside the colonial coat of arms and adopting the "<a href="/wiki/Sol_de_Echenique" title="Sol de Echenique">Sol de Echenique</a>" as the new coat of arms. Additionally, the change of the official name of the city was proposed to adopt the Quechua word <i>Qosqo</i>, but this change was reversed a few years later. Currently, Cusco is the most important tourist destination in Peru. Under the administration of mayor Daniel Estrada Pérez, a staunch supporter of the <i><a href="/wiki/Academia_Mayor_de_la_Lengua_Quechua" title="Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua">Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua</a></i>, between 1983 and 1995 the <a href="/wiki/Quechua_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua languages">Quechua</a> name <i>Qosqo</i> was officially adopted for the city. Tourism in the city was drastically affected by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Peru" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Peru">COVID-19 pandemic in Peru</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_Peruvian_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2022–2023 Peruvian protests">2022–2023 Peruvian protests</a>, with the latter event costing the area 10 million soles daily.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honors">Honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1933, the Congress of Americanists met in <a href="/wiki/La_Plata" title="La Plata">La Plata</a>, Argentina, and declared the city as the Archeological Capital of the Americas.</li> <li>In 1978, the 7th Convention of Mayors of Great World Cities met in <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, Italy, and declared Cusco a Cultural Heritage of the World.</li> <li>In 1983, <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>, in Paris, France, declared the city a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Peru" title="Government of Peru">Peruvian government</a> declared it the Tourism Capital of Peru and <a href="/wiki/Cultural_heritage_of_Peru" title="Cultural heritage of Peru">Cultural Heritage of the Nation</a>.</li> <li>In 2001, in Cusco, the Latin American Congress of Aldermen and Councillors awarded Cusco the title of Historical Capital of Latinamerica.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2007 the Organización Capital Americana de la Cultura awarded Cusco the title of Cultural Capital of America.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2007, the New7Wonders Foundation designated <a href="/wiki/Machu_Picchu" title="Machu Picchu">Machu Picchu</a> one of the <a href="/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="New Seven Wonders of the World">New Seven Wonders of the World</a>, following a worldwide poll.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vista_de_Cusco,_Per%C3%BA,_2015-07-31,_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vista_de_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG/880px-Vista_de_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG" decoding="async" width="880" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vista_de_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG/1320px-Vista_de_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vista_de_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG/1760px-Vista_de_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_11-17_PAN.JPG 2x" data-file-width="40580" data-file-height="5281" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of Cusco</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cusco_by_Sentinel-2,_17_July_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cusco_by_Sentinel-2%2C_17_July_2024.png/220px-Cusco_by_Sentinel-2%2C_17_July_2024.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cusco_by_Sentinel-2%2C_17_July_2024.png/330px-Cusco_by_Sentinel-2%2C_17_July_2024.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Cusco_by_Sentinel-2%2C_17_July_2024.png/440px-Cusco_by_Sentinel-2%2C_17_July_2024.png 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="4207" /></a><figcaption><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cusco</a> (center) and the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Valley" title="Sacred Valley">Sacred Valley</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/Urubamba_River" title="Urubamba River">Urubamba River</a> to the northwest, as seen from <a href="/wiki/Sentinel-2" title="Sentinel-2">Sentinel-2</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cusco extends throughout the Huatanay (or Watanay) river valley. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cusco<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, its elevation is around 3,400 m (11,200 ft). To its north is the <a href="/wiki/Vilcabamba_mountain_range" title="Vilcabamba mountain range">Vilcabamba mountain range</a> with 4,000–6,000-meter-high (13,000–20,000-foot) mountains. The highest peak is <a href="/wiki/Salcantay" title="Salcantay">Salcantay</a> (6,271 meters or 20,574 feet) about 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Cusco.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cusco has a <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_highland_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical highland climate">subtropical highland climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Cwb</i>). It is generally dry and temperate, with two defined seasons. Winter occurs from April through September, with abundant sunshine and occasional nighttime freezes; July is the coldest month with an average of 9.7 °C (49.5 °F). Summer occurs from October through March, with warm temperatures and abundant rainfall; November is the warmest month, averaging 13.3 °C (55.9 °F). Although frost and hail are common, the last reported snowfall was in June 1911. Temperatures usually range from 0.2 to 20.9 °C (32.4 to 69.6 °F), but the all-time temperature range is between −8.9 and 30 °C (16.0 and 86.0 °F). Sunshine hours peak in July, the equivalent of January in the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, February, the equivalent of August in the Northern Hemisphere, has the least sunshine. </p><p>In 2006, Cusco was found to be the spot on Earth with the highest average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet" title="Ultraviolet">ultraviolet</a> light level.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cusco (<a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_International_Airport" title="Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport">Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport</a>) 1961–1990, extremes 1931–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.5<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #10FF10; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.0<br />(6.30) </td> <td style="background: #25FF25; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.9<br />(5.23) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">108.4<br />(4.27) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(1.75) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(0.34) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(0.31) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(0.88) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.3<br />(1.86) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.6<br />(3.09) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.1<br />(4.73) </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">737<br />(29) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #3333FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">105 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #2C2CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #2121FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C0C020; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">121 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">210 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">239 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">228 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">236 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,350 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA,<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<sup id="cite_ref-meteoclimat_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteoclimat-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> (mean temperatures 1961–1990, precipitation days 1970–1990 and humidity 1954–1993)<sup id="cite_ref-DWD_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danish Meteorological Institute (sun 1931–1960)<sup id="cite_ref-DMI_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DMI-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cusco (Granja Kayra), elevation 3,214 m (10,545 ft), (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4<br />(41.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #25FF25; color:#000000;" class="notheme">145.8<br />(5.74) </td> <td style="background: #30FF30; color:#000000;" class="notheme">126.4<br />(4.98) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.3<br />(3.83) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(1.30) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(0.17) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(0.20) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(0.57) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.6<br />(1.72) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.1<br />(2.80) </td> <td style="background: #53FF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.9<br />(4.52) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">666.1<br />(26.23) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru<sup id="cite_ref-SENAMHI_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SENAMHI-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Municipality_of_Cusco" title="Provincial Municipality of Cusco">Provincial Municipality of Cusco</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg/220px-Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg/330px-Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg/440px-Palacio_del_Cabildo_del_Cusco1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="408" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Municipality_of_Cusco" title="Provincial Municipality of Cusco">Cusco City Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout its history, Cusco has had a marked political importance. During the Inca period, it was the main political center of the region from which the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a> was ruled and where the political and religious elite lived. After its Spanish foundation, it lost prominence due to <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro" title="Francisco Pizarro">Francisco Pizarro</a>'s decision to establish the capital of the new territories in the city of <a href="/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a> because it had close access to the sea and communication with the metropolis.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Cusco continued to be an important city within the viceregal political scheme to the point of being the first city in the entire Viceroyalty to have a bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its participation in the trade routes during the viceroyalty guaranteed its political importance<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it remained the capital of the corregimiento established in these territories and, later, of the Intendancy of Cusco and, towards the end of the viceroyalty, of the Royal Audience of Cusco. </p><p>During the republic, Cusco's political role languished due to its isolation from the capital, coastline, and trade routes of the 19th and 20th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it maintained its status as the main city in southern Peru, although subordinated to the importance that <a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a> was gaining, better connected with the rest of the country. Cusco has always remained the capital of the department of Cusco </p><p>Politically, according to the results of elections held in the second half of the 20th century, Cusco has been a stronghold of leftist parties in Peru. In the 1970s and 1980s, the socialist leader <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Estrada_P%C3%A9rez" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Estrada Pérez">Daniel Estrada Pérez</a> brought together this political tendency under the banner of the <a href="/wiki/United_Left_(Peru)" title="United Left (Peru)">United Left</a> alliance. Since his death, Cusco has been a major city for parties such as the <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Nationalist_Party" title="Peruvian Nationalist Party">Peruvian Nationalist Party</a> and the Broad Front for Justice, Life and Liberty, as well as regional movements. Traditional Peruvian parties, such as the Peruvian Aprista Party and Acción Popular, have recorded eventual electoral victories, while those that represent a right-wing political position, such as the Popular Christian Party and <a href="/wiki/Fujimorism" title="Fujimorism">Fujimorism</a> itself, have had little presence among the elected authorities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city had a population of about 348,935 people in 2007 and 428,450 people in 2017 according to <a href="/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Estad%C3%ADstica_e_Inform%C3%A1tica" title="Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática">INEI</a>. </p> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:none"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ethnicities of Cusco in 2017<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Ethnicities</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Quechua_people" title="Quechua people">Quechua</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:63.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">63.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Purple; width:31.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">31.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Peruvians_of_European_descent" title="Peruvians of European descent">White</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Blue; width:1.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Peru" title="Indigenous peoples of Peru">Other indigenous groups</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkGray; width:1.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gray; width:0.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">No answer</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Brown; width:2.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.3%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>City district </th> <th>Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Population<br />2017 census (hab) </th> <th>Housing<br />(2007) </th> <th>Density<br />(hab/km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Elevation<br />(<a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">amsl</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Cusco_District" title="Cusco District">Cuzco</a></b> </td> <td>116.22 </td> <td>114,630* </td> <td>28,476 </td> <td>936.1 </td> <td>3,399 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/San_Jer%C3%B3nimo_District,_Cusco" title="San Jerónimo District, Cusco">San Jerónimo</a></b> </td> <td>103.34 </td> <td>57,075* </td> <td>8,942 </td> <td>279.2 </td> <td>3,244 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_District,_Cusco" title="San Sebastián District, Cusco">San Sebastián</a></b> </td> <td>89.44 </td> <td>112,536* </td> <td>18,109 </td> <td>955.6 </td> <td>3,244 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Santiago_District,_Cusco" title="Santiago District, Cusco">Santiago</a></b> </td> <td>69.72 </td> <td>94,756* </td> <td>21,168 </td> <td>950.6 </td> <td>3,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wanchaq_District" title="Wanchaq District">Wanchaq</a></b> </td> <td>6.38 </td> <td>58,541* </td> <td>14,690 </td> <td>8,546.1 </td> <td>3,366 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>385.1</b> </td> <td><b>437,538*</b> </td> <td><b>91,385 </b> </td> <td><b>929.76</b> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><big>*</big><small>Census data conducted by <a href="/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Estad%C3%ADstica_e_Inform%C3%A1tica" title="Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática">INEI</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FinCenCusco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FinCenCusco.jpg/220px-FinCenCusco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FinCenCusco.jpg/330px-FinCenCusco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FinCenCusco.jpg/440px-FinCenCusco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="601" /></a><figcaption>Financial Center of the City, Av. de la Cultura, Cusco</figcaption></figure><p>Economic activity in Cuzco includes agriculture, especially maize and native tubers. The local industry is related to extractive activities and to food and beverage products, such as beer, carbonated waters, coffee, chocolates, among others. However, the relevant economic activity of its inhabitants is the reception of tourism, with increasingly better infrastructure and services. It is the second city in this country that has and maintains full employment. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourism has been the backbone to the Cusco economy since the early 2000s, bringing in more than 1.2 million tourists per year.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Cusco was the region that reached the highest number of tourists in Peru with more than 2.7 million tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, the income Cusco received from tourism was US$837 million. In 2009, that number increased to US$2.47 billion. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Most tourists visiting the city are there to tour the city and the Incan Ruins, especially the top destination, <a href="/wiki/Machu_Picchu" title="Machu Picchu">Machu Picchu</a>, which is one of the New Seven Modern Wonders of the World. </p><p>In order to keep up with tourist demand, the city is constructing a new airport in <a href="/wiki/Chinchero_District" title="Chinchero District">Chinchero</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Chinchero_International_Airport" title="Chinchero International Airport">Chinchero International Airport</a>. Its main purpose is for tourists to bypass lay overs through Lima and connect the city to Europe and North America. It will replace the old airport, <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_International_Airport" title="Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport">Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg/173px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg" decoding="async" width="173" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg/260px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg/346px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Balcons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A view of the Colonial Balconies of Cusco</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to its antiquity and significance, the center of the city preserves many buildings, squares and streets from pre-Columbian times as well as colonial constructions. That is why the city was declared in 1972 <i>as "</i>Cultural Heritage of the Nation<i>"</i> by Supreme Resolution No. 2900-72-ED.In 1983, during the VII session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, it was decided to declare this area as a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> by establishing a central zone that constitutes the World Heritage Site proper and a buffer zone. </p><p>One of the characteristics that the Incas achieved with their urban plan in Cusco was the respect for the geographical matrix when building their fabric, since they responded with different design strategies to the rugged topography of the Andean area at 3399 meters above sea level </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The native language is <a href="/wiki/Quechuan_languages" title="Quechuan languages">Quechua</a>, although the city's inhabitants mostly speak Spanish. The <a href="/wiki/Quechua_people" title="Quechua people">Quechua people</a> are the last living descendants of the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso,_Cusco_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso%2C_Cusco_02.jpg/220px-Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso%2C_Cusco_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso%2C_Cusco_02.jpg/330px-Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso%2C_Cusco_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso%2C_Cusco_02.jpg/440px-Museo_de_la_Casa_Garcilaso%2C_Cusco_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Regional_Historical_Museum_of_Cusco" title="Regional Historical Museum of Cusco">Museo Histórico Regional</a> Casa del Inka Garcilaso de La Vega</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Inca_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Inca art">Inca art</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cusco_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco School">Cusco School</a></div> <p>Cusco has the following important museums:<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Museo_de_Arte_Precolombino,_Cusco" title="Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco">Museo de Arte Precolombino</a></li> <li>Casa Concha Museum (Machu Picchu Museum)</li> <li>Museo Inka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Historical_Museum_of_Cusco" title="Regional Historical Museum of Cusco">Museo Histórico Regional de Cuzco</a></li> <li>Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cuzco or <a href="/wiki/Center_of_the_Traditional_Textiles_of_Cusco" class="mw-redirect" title="Center of the Traditional Textiles of Cusco">Center of the Traditional Textiles of Cusco</a> in English</li> <li>Museum of Sacred, Magical and Medicinal Plants (<i>Museo de plantas sagradas, mágicas y medicinales</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>ChocoMuseo (The Cacao and Chocolate Museum)<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>There are also some museums located at churches, like the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iglesia_de_San_Francisco_de_As%C3%ADs_(Cuzco)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Cuzco) (page does not exist)">Museum and Convent of San Francisco</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_Francisco_de_As%C3%ADs_(Cuzco)" class="extiw" title="es:Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Cuzco)">es</a>]</span> and the Museum of <a href="/wiki/Qoricancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Qoricancha">Qoricancha</a> Temple </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi,_Cusco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi%2C_Cusco.jpg/220px-Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi%2C_Cusco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi%2C_Cusco.jpg/330px-Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi%2C_Cusco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi%2C_Cusco.jpg/440px-Procesi%C3%B3n_del_Corpus_Cristi%2C_Cusco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="1501" /></a><figcaption>Mercedarian Friars in the Corpus Christi procession at the Main Square of Cusco. 17th century. <a href="/wiki/Cusco_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco School">Cusco Colonial Painting School</a>. Painting currently located at the Archbishop's Palace of Cusco.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most common religion in Cusco is <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As capital to the Inca Empire, Cusco was an important agricultural region. It was a natural reserve for thousands of native Peruvian species, including around 3,000 varieties of potato cultivated by the people.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fusion and neo-Andean restaurants developed in Cusco, in which the cuisine is prepared with modern techniques and incorporates a blend of traditional Andean and international ingredients.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cuy (guinea pig), a native animal in Cusco, is a popular dish in the city. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuy_asado.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Cuy_asado.jpg/220px-Cuy_asado.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Cuy_asado.jpg/330px-Cuy_asado.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Cuy_asado.jpg/440px-Cuy_asado.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><span title="Quechua-language text"><i lang="qu">Cuy</i></span> (Guinea Pig)</figcaption></figure> <p>The local <a href="/wiki/Gastronomy" title="Gastronomy">gastronomy</a> presents a diversified array of dishes resulting from the mestizaje and fusion of its <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pre-Inca_period&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pre-Inca period (page does not exist)">pre-Inca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_history_of_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colonial history of Cusco (page does not exist)">colonial</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_history_of_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Republican history of Cusco (page does not exist)">modern</a> traditions. It is a variation of <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Peru#Andean_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Peru">Andean Peruvian cuisine</a>, although it maintains some typical cultural traits of southern Peru. Although the list of typical dishes may vary among individuals, Tapia and García present a list of foods and beverages usually found in a Cusco picantería:<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Foods">Foods</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Foods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li>Costillar frito (fried ribs)</li> <li>Caldo de panza (tripe soup)</li> <li>Panza apanada (breaded tripe)</li> <li>Chuleta frita (fried chop)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarwi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarwi">Tarwi</a></li> <li>Carne a la parrilla (grilled meat)</li> <li>Pecho dorado (golden chest)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malaya_frita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malaya frita (page does not exist)">Malaya frita</a> (fried flank steak)</li> <li>Churrasco al jugo (juicy steak)</li> <li>Estofado de canuto (stewed canuto)</li> <li>Ubre apanada (breaded udder)</li> <li>Caldo de malaya (flank steak soup)</li> <li>Suflé de rocoto (rocoto soufflé)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicharr%C3%B3n#Perú" title="Chicharrón">Chicharrón</a> (fried pork)</li> <li>Choclo con queso (corn with cheese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea_pig" title="Guinea pig">Cuy</a> al horno (baked guinea pig)</li> <li>Solterito de kuchicara (kuchicara salad)</li> <li>Corazón a la brasa (grilled heart)</li></ul> </div> <p>Other dishes include <a href="/wiki/Chairo_(stew)" title="Chairo (stew)">chairo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Adobo_de_chancho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adobo de chancho (page does not exist)">adobo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rocoto_relleno" title="Rocoto relleno">rocoto relleno</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kapchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kapchi (page does not exist)">kapchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawa" class="mw-disambig" title="Lawa">lawas</a> or creams made with corn or <a href="/wiki/Chu%C3%B1o" title="Chuño">chuño</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Timpu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timpu (page does not exist)">Timpu</a>, a dish originating from Cusco served during <a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">Carnival</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Beverages">Beverages</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Beverages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicha_de_jora" title="Chicha de jora">Chicha de jora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frutillada" title="Frutillada">Frutillada</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chiri_Uchu">Chiri Uchu</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Chiri Uchu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiriuchu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chiriuchu.jpg/220px-Chiriuchu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chiriuchu.jpg/330px-Chiriuchu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chiriuchu.jpg/440px-Chiriuchu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="950" /></a><figcaption>Plate of Chiri Uchu</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Chiri Uchu</i> is a typical dish of the locality not offered in picanterías, as it is consumed in June during the Cusco festivities of <a href="/wiki/Inti_Raymi" title="Inti Raymi">Inti Raymi</a> and, primarily, during the <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_Corpus_Christi" title="Feast of Corpus Christi">Corpus Christi</a>. It is considered one of the most authentic gastronomic expressions of Cusco as it blends both native flavors of the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> and those brought by the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquistadors" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish conquistadors">Spanish conquistadors</a>. It is a cold dish that includes various meats (<a href="/wiki/Guinea_pig#As_food" title="Guinea pig">cuy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gallina" title="Gallina">boiled chicken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charqui" class="mw-redirect" title="Charqui">charqui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morcilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Morcilla">morcilla</a> (blood sausage), <a href="/wiki/Salchicha" class="mw-redirect" title="Salchicha">salchicha</a> (sausage)), <a href="/wiki/Potatoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Potatoes">potatoes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheese" title="Cheese">cheese</a>, corn cake, fish roe, and lake algae.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo"><a href="/wiki/Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo" title="Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo">Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuzco_(1981)_40.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cuzco_%281981%29_40.jpg/220px-Cuzco_%281981%29_40.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cuzco_%281981%29_40.jpg/330px-Cuzco_%281981%29_40.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Cuzco_%281981%29_40.jpg/440px-Cuzco_%281981%29_40.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1068" data-file-height="712" /></a><figcaption>Performance in 1981 at the <a href="/wiki/Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo" title="Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo">Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A folkloric institution established in 1924. It is considered the most important folkloric institution in the city<sup id="cite_ref-cqan_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cqan-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Peruvian government">Peruvian government</a> as the first folkloric institution in the country<sup id="cite_ref-cqan_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cqan-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by the regional government as a Living Cultural Heritage of the Cusco region.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cusco_Symphony_Orchestra">Cusco Symphony Orchestra</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Cusco Symphony Orchestra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a permanent artistic group of the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco_Regional_Government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cusco Regional Government (page does not exist)">Cusco Regional Government</a>, created by Directoral Resolution No. 021/INC-Cusco on March 10, 2009. It performs more than 50 concerts a year and uses the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco_Municipal_Theater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cusco Municipal Theater (page does not exist)">Cusco Municipal Theater</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg/200px-Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg/300px-Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg/400px-Estadio_Inca_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4833" data-file-height="3624" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Garcilaso" title="Estadio Garcilaso">Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Among other events, the Imperial City was a venue for the <a href="/wiki/2004_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2004 Copa América">2004 Copa América</a>, hosting the third-place match between the <a href="/wiki/Colombia_national_football_team" title="Colombia national football team">Colombia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a> national teams. </p><p>The most popular sport in the city is <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football (soccer)</a>, with three main clubs. <a href="/wiki/Club_Sportivo_Cienciano" class="mw-redirect" title="Club Sportivo Cienciano">Cienciano</a> participates in the <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Peruvian Primera División">Liga 1 (First Division)</a> and is the only Peruvian club to win an international tournament, winning the <a href="/wiki/2003_Copa_Sudamericana" title="2003 Copa Sudamericana">2003 Copa Sudamericana</a> and <a href="/wiki/2004_Recopa_Sudamericana" title="2004 Recopa Sudamericana">2004 Recopa Sudamericana</a>. </p><p>Another historic team is <a href="/wiki/Club_Deportivo_Garcilaso" class="mw-redirect" title="Club Deportivo Garcilaso">Deportivo Garcilaso</a>, which was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Peruvian Primera División">Liga 1</a> after winning the <a href="/wiki/2022_Copa_Per%C3%BA" title="2022 Copa Perú">Copa Perú 2022</a>. </p><p>Lastly, there is the <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco Football Club">Cusco Football Club</a>, formerly known as Real Garcilaso, which played in the <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Peruvian Primera División">First Division</a> from 2012 to 2021 after winning the <a href="/wiki/Copa_Per%C3%BA" title="Copa Perú">Copa Perú</a> in 2011. In 2022, it was promoted again to <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Peruvian Primera División">Liga 1</a> after winning the <a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n" title="Peruvian Segunda División">Second Division of Peru</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinema">Cinema</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Cinema"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Short_Film_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Short Film Festival (page does not exist)">International Short Film Festival</a> (FENACO) was an important international film festival in southern Peru, held every November since 2004 in the imperial city of Cusco.<sup id="cite_ref-cine1_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cine1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, it was a national event dedicated to the short film format (up to 30 minutes in length), with international showcases, hence its name FENACO (<i>Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes</i>), a name popularized in Peru and worldwide to recognize the festival. However, due to the reception and response from filmmakers, producers, and distributors from different countries, it evolved into an international festival, reaching 354 short films in competition from 37 countries in its sixth edition.<sup id="cite_ref-cine1_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cine1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sites">Main sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Main sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_buildings_and_structures_in_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of buildings and structures in Cusco (page does not exist)">List of buildings and structures in Cusco</a></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1032px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruins of Sacsayhuamán"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg/1024px-Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg" decoding="async" width="1024" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg/1536px-Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg/2048px-Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg 2x" data-file-width="20064" data-file-height="2068" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n_D%C3%A9cembre_2006_-_Vue_Panoramique_-_Pleine_r%C3%A9solution.jpg" title="File:Sacsayhuamán Décembre 2006 - Vue Panoramique - Pleine résolution.jpg"> </a></div>Ruins of <a href="/wiki/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n" title="Sacsayhuamán">Sacsayhuamán</a></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">indigenous</a> <a href="/wiki/Killke_culture" title="Killke culture">Killke culture</a> built the walled complex of <a href="/wiki/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n" title="Sacsayhuamán">Sacsayhuamán</a> about 1100. The Killke built a major temple near Saksaywaman, as well as an <a href="/wiki/Aqueduct_(watercourse)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aqueduct (watercourse)">aqueduct</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puquios" title="Puquios">Pukyus</a>) and roadway connecting prehistoric structures. Sacsayhuamán was expanded by the <a href="/wiki/Inca" class="mw-redirect" title="Inca">Inca</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacsayhuaman,_Cusco,_Peru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sacsayhuaman%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru.jpg/220px-Sacsayhuaman%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sacsayhuaman%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru.jpg/330px-Sacsayhuaman%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sacsayhuaman%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru.jpg/440px-Sacsayhuaman%2C_Cusco%2C_Peru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2484" data-file-height="1629" /></a><figcaption>Women in traditional dress with llamas at the Sacsayhuaman ruins on the outskirts of Cusco.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Catedral,_Plaza_de_Armas,_Cusco,_Per%C3%BA,_2015-07-31,_DD_78.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Catedral%2C_Plaza_de_Armas%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_78.JPG/220px-Catedral%2C_Plaza_de_Armas%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_78.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Catedral%2C_Plaza_de_Armas%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_78.JPG/330px-Catedral%2C_Plaza_de_Armas%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_78.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Catedral%2C_Plaza_de_Armas%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_78.JPG/440px-Catedral%2C_Plaza_de_Armas%2C_Cusco%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-31%2C_DD_78.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5397" data-file-height="5357" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Templo_de_la_Sagrada_Familia,_Cusco" title="Templo de la Sagrada Familia, Cusco">Templo de la Sagrada Familia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Spanish explorer <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro" title="Francisco Pizarro">Pizarro</a> sacked much of the Inca city in 1535. Remains of the palace of the Incas, <a href="/wiki/Qurikancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Qurikancha">Qurikancha</a> (the Temple of the Sun), and the Temple of the Virgins of the Sun still stand. Inca buildings and foundations in some cases proved to be stronger during earthquakes than foundations built in present-day Peru. Among the most noteworthy Spanish colonial buildings of the city is the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Santo_Domingo,_Cusco" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Cusco">Cathedral of Santo Domingo</a>. </p><p>The major nearby Inca sites are Pachacuti's presumed winter home, <a href="/wiki/Machu_Picchu" title="Machu Picchu">Machu Picchu</a>, which can be reached on foot by the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu" title="Inca Trail to Machu Picchu">Inca Trail to Machu Picchu</a> or by train; and the "fortress" at <a href="/wiki/Ollantaytambo" title="Ollantaytambo">Ollantaytambo</a>. </p><p>Less-visited <a href="/wiki/Ruins" title="Ruins">ruins</a> include: <a href="/wiki/Incahuasi_(Apur%C3%ADmac)" title="Incahuasi (Apurímac)">Incahuasi</a>, the highest of all Inca sites at 3,980 m (13,060 ft);<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vilcabamba,_Peru" title="Vilcabamba, Peru">Vilcabamba</a>, the capital of the Inca after the Spanish capture of Cusco; the <a href="/wiki/Sculpture_garden" title="Sculpture garden">sculpture garden</a> at <a href="/wiki/%C3%91usta_Hisp%27ana" class="mw-redirect" title="Ñusta Hisp'ana">Ñusta Hisp'ana</a> (aka Chuqip'allta, Yuraq Rumi); <a href="/wiki/Tip%C3%B3n" title="Tipón">Tipón</a>, with working water channels in wide terraces; as well as <a href="/wiki/Willkaraqay" class="mw-redirect" title="Willkaraqay">Willkaraqay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patallaqta" class="mw-redirect" title="Patallaqta">Patallaqta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Choquequirao" title="Choquequirao">Chuqik'iraw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moray_(Inca_ruin)" title="Moray (Inca ruin)">Moray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vitcos" title="Vitcos">Vitcos</a> and many others. </p><p>The surrounding area, located in the Watanay Valley, is strong in gold mining and agriculture, including <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barley" title="Barley">barley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quinoa" title="Quinoa">quinoa</a>, tea and coffee. </p><p>Cusco's main stadium <a href="/wiki/Estadio_Garcilaso_de_la_Vega" class="mw-redirect" title="Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega">Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega</a> was one of seven stadiums used when Peru hosted South America's continental soccer championship, the <a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">Copa América</a>, in <a href="/wiki/2004_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="2004 Copa América">2004</a>. The stadium is home to one of the country's most successful soccer clubs, <i><a href="/wiki/Cienciano" title="Cienciano">Cienciano</a></i>. </p><p>The city is served by <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_International_Airport" title="Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport">Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport</a>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arco_de_Santa_Clara,_Cuzco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Arco_de_Santa_Clara%2C_Cuzco.jpg/220px-Arco_de_Santa_Clara%2C_Cuzco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Arco_de_Santa_Clara%2C_Cuzco.jpg/330px-Arco_de_Santa_Clara%2C_Cuzco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Arco_de_Santa_Clara%2C_Cuzco.jpg/439px-Arco_de_Santa_Clara%2C_Cuzco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2801" data-file-height="3965" /></a><figcaption>Arco de Santa Clara</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architectural_heritage">Architectural heritage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Architectural heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg/220px-Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg/330px-Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg/440px-Cusco_Peru_Beautiful_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Colonial civil building</figcaption></figure> <p>Because of its antiquity and importance, the city center retains many buildings, plazas, streets and churches from colonial times, and even some <a href="/wiki/Pre-Columbian_era" title="Pre-Columbian era">pre-Columbian</a> structures, which led to its declaration as a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in 1983. Among the main sights of the city are: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Barrio_de_San_Blas"><i>Barrio de San Blas</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Barrio de San Blas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This neighborhood houses artisans, workshops and craft shops. It is one of the most picturesque sites in the city. Its streets are steep and narrow with old houses built by the Spanish over important Inca foundations. It has an attractive square and the oldest parish church in Cusco, built in 1563, which has a carved wooden pulpit considered the epitome of Colonial era woodwork in Cusco. </p><p>The Quechua name of this neighborhood is <i>Tuq'ukachi</i>, which means the opening of the salt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hatun_Rumiyuq">Hatun Rumiyuq</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Hatun Rumiyuq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This street is the most visited by tourists. On the street Hatun Rumiyoq ("the one with the big stone") was the palace of <a href="/wiki/Inca_Roca" title="Inca Roca">Inca Roca</a>, which was converted to the Archbishop's residence. </p><p>Along this street that runs from the <a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Armas_(Cusco)" title="Plaza de Armas (Cusco)">Plaza de Armas</a> to the Barrio de San Blas, one can see the <a href="/wiki/Twelve-angled_stone" title="Twelve-angled stone">Stone of Twelve Angles</a>, which is viewed as a marvel of ancient stonework and has become emblematic of the city's history. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg/220px-Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg/330px-Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg/440px-Calle_Mantas_-_Cuzco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a><figcaption>View of the bell tower of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Basilica_of_La_Merced,_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basilica of La Merced, Cusco (page does not exist)">Basilica of La Merced</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Basílica_de_la_Merced"><span id="Bas.C3.ADlica_de_la_Merced"></span>Basílica de la Merced</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Basílica de la Merced"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Basilica_of_La_Merced,_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basilica of La Merced, Cusco (page does not exist)">Basilica of La Merced, Cusco</a></div> <p>Its foundation dates from 1536. The first complex was destroyed by the earthquake of 1650. Its rebuilding was completed in 1675. </p><p>Its cloisters of <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Baroque_architecture" title="Spanish Baroque architecture">Baroque</a> <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> style, choir stalls, colonial paintings and wood carvings are highlights, now a popular museum. </p><p>Also on view is an elaborate <a href="/wiki/Monstrance" title="Monstrance">monstrance</a> made of gold and gemstones that weighs 22 kg (49 lb) and is 130 cm (51.18 in) in height. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cathedral">Cathedral</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Cathedral"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cusco_Cathedral" title="Cusco Cathedral">Cusco Cathedral</a></div> <p>The first cathedral built in Cusco is the <i>Iglesia del Triunfo</i>, built in 1539 on the foundations of the Palace of <a href="/wiki/Viracocha_(Inca)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viracocha (Inca)">Viracocha Inca</a>. Today, this church is an auxiliary chapel of the cathedral. </p><p>The main basilica cathedral of the city was built between 1560 and 1664. The main material used was stone, which was extracted from nearby quarries, although some blocks of red granite were taken from the fortress of Saksaywaman. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marcos_Zapata.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Marcos_Zapata.jpg/220px-Marcos_Zapata.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Marcos_Zapata.jpg/330px-Marcos_Zapata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Marcos_Zapata.jpg/440px-Marcos_Zapata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1012" data-file-height="732" /></a><figcaption><i>The <a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marcos_Zapata" title="Marcos Zapata">Marcos Zapata</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Cuzco_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuzco Cathedral">Cuzco Cathedral</a>. The festive animal to be consumed is a <a href="/wiki/Guinea_pig" title="Guinea pig">guinea pig</a></figcaption></figure> <p>This great cathedral presents late-Gothic, Baroque and plateresque interiors and has one of the most outstanding examples of colonial goldwork. Its carved wooden altars are also important. </p><p>The city developed a distinctive style of painting known as the "<a href="/wiki/Cuzco_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuzco School">Cuzco School</a>" and the cathedral houses a major collection of local artists of the time. The cathedral is known for a Cusco School painting of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a> depicting <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve apostles">twelve apostles</a> feasting on guinea pig, a traditional Andean delicacy. </p><p>The cathedral is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cuzco" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuzco">Archdiocese of Cuzco</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Plaza_de_Armas_de_Cusco">Plaza de Armas de Cusco</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Plaza de Armas de Cusco"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Armas_(Cusco)" title="Plaza de Armas (Cusco)">Plaza de Armas (Cusco)</a></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:823px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plaza de Armas de Cusco"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg/815px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="815" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg/1223px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg/1630px-Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4007" data-file-height="1642" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Cuzco_D%C3%A9cembre_2007_-_Panorama_1.jpg" title="File:Cuzco Décembre 2007 - Panorama 1.jpg"> </a></div>Plaza de Armas de Cusco</div></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><p>Known as the "Square of the warrior" in the Inca era, this plaza has been the scene of several important events, such as the proclamation by <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro" title="Francisco Pizarro">Francisco Pizarro</a> in the conquest of Cuzco.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa,_Cuzco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%2C_Cuzco.jpg/220px-Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%2C_Cuzco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%2C_Cuzco.jpg/330px-Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%2C_Cuzco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%2C_Cuzco.jpg/440px-Church_of_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%2C_Cuzco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="948" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Iglesia_de_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa_de_Jes%C3%BAs,_Cusco" title="Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco">Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús</a></figcaption></figure><p>Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Armas_(Cusco)" title="Plaza de Armas (Cusco)">Plaza de Armas</a> was the scene of the death of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II" title="Túpac Amaru II">Túpac Amaru II</a>, considered the indigenous leader of the resistance. </p><p>The Spanish built stone arcades around the plaza which endure to this day. The main cathedral and the Church of La Compañía both open directly onto the plaza. </p><p>The cast iron fountain in Plaza de Armas was manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Janes" title="Adrian Janes">Janes, Beebe & Co.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iglesia_de_la_Compañía_de_Jesús"><span id="Iglesia_de_la_Compa.C3.B1.C3.ADa_de_Jes.C3.BAs"></span><i>Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_de_la_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa_de_Jes%C3%BAs,_Cusco" title="Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco">Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco</a></div> <p>This church (Church of the Society of Jesus), whose construction was initiated by the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuits</a> in 1576 on the foundations of the <i>Amarucancha</i> or the palace of the Inca ruler <a href="/wiki/Huayna_Capac" title="Huayna Capac">Wayna Qhapaq</a>, is considered one of the best examples of colonial baroque style in the Americas. </p><p> Its façade is carved in stone and its main altar is made of carved wood covered with gold leaf. It was built over an underground chapel and has a valuable collection of colonial paintings of the Cusco School.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Qurikancha_and_Convent_of_Santo_Domingo">Qurikancha and Convent of Santo Domingo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Qurikancha and Convent of Santo Domingo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Qurikancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Qurikancha">Qurikancha</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convent_of_Santo_Domingo,_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convent of Santo Domingo, Cusco (page does not exist)">Convent of Santo Domingo, Cusco</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:El_Templo_de_Coricancha_(o_Koricancha).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/El_Templo_de_Coricancha_%28o_Koricancha%29.jpg/240px-El_Templo_de_Coricancha_%28o_Koricancha%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/El_Templo_de_Coricancha_%28o_Koricancha%29.jpg/360px-El_Templo_de_Coricancha_%28o_Koricancha%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/El_Templo_de_Coricancha_%28o_Koricancha%29.jpg/480px-El_Templo_de_Coricancha_%28o_Koricancha%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Qurikancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Qurikancha">Qurikancha</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convent_of_Santo_Domingo,_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convent of Santo Domingo, Cusco (page does not exist)">Convento de Santo Domingo</a> and Intipanpa</figcaption></figure> <p>The Qurikancha ("golden place") was the most important sanctuary dedicated to the Sun God (<a href="/wiki/Inti" title="Inti">Inti</a>) at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca Empire</a>. According to ancient chronicles written by <a href="/wiki/Garcilaso_de_la_Vega_(chronicler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garcilaso de la Vega (chronicler)">Garcilaso de la Vega (chronicler)</a>, Qurikancha was said to have featured a large solid golden disc that was studded with precious stones and represented the Inca Sun God – Inti. Spanish chroniclers describe the Sacred Garden in front of the temple as a garden of golden plants with leaves of beaten gold, stems of silver, solid gold corn-cobs and 20 life-size llamas and their herders all in solid gold.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temple was destroyed by its Spanish invaders who, as they plundered, were determined to rid the city of its wealth, idolaters and shrines. Nowadays, only a curved outer wall and partial ruins of the inner temple remain at the site. </p><p>With this structure as a foundation, colonists built the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convent_of_Santo_Domingo,_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convent of Santo Domingo, Cusco (page does not exist)">Convent of Santo Domingo</a> in the Renaissance style. The building, with one baroque tower, exceeds the height of many other buildings in this city. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jill_Biden_visits_Peru,_June,_2016_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Jill_Biden_visits_Peru%2C_June%2C_2016_04.jpg/220px-Jill_Biden_visits_Peru%2C_June%2C_2016_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Jill_Biden_visits_Peru%2C_June%2C_2016_04.jpg/330px-Jill_Biden_visits_Peru%2C_June%2C_2016_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Jill_Biden_visits_Peru%2C_June%2C_2016_04.jpg/440px-Jill_Biden_visits_Peru%2C_June%2C_2016_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="2433" /></a><figcaption>Painting in the Convent of Santo Domingo</figcaption></figure> <p>Inside is a large collection of paintings from the <a href="/wiki/Cuzco_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuzco School">Cuzco School</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air">Air</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg/220px-Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg/330px-Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg/440px-Aeropuerto_Internacional_Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_-_Cusco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4956" data-file-height="3259" /></a><figcaption>Cuzco Airport runway</figcaption></figure> <p>Cusco's main international airport is <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Velasco_Astete_International_Airport" title="Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport">Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport</a>, which provides service to 5 domestic destinations and 3 international ones. It is named in honor of Peruvian pilot Alejandro Velasco Astete who was the first person to fly across the Andes in 1925 when he made the first flight from Lima to Cusco. The airport is the second busiest in Peru after Lima's <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Ch%C3%A1vez_International_Airport" title="Jorge Chávez International Airport">Jorge Chávez International Airport</a>. It will soon be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Chinchero_International_Airport" title="Chinchero International Airport">Chinchero International Airport</a>. which will provide access to North American and Europe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rail">Rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cusco is connected by rail to the cities of Juliaca and Arequipa through the Southern Section of the Southern Railway, whose terminus in the city is the <a href="/wiki/W%C3%A1nchaq_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Wánchaq station">Wánchaq station</a>. Additionally, from the San Pedro station, the South East Section of the Southern Railroad (former <i>Cusco-Santa Ana-Quillabamba Railway</i>) departs from the city, which is the route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. <a href="/wiki/PeruRail" title="PeruRail">PeruRail</a> is the largest Peruvian railway company and provides service to stations in Cusco. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Road">Road</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By road, it is connected to the cities of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Maldonado" title="Puerto Maldonado">Puerto Maldonado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a>, Abancay, <a href="/wiki/Juliaca" title="Juliaca">Juliaca</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puno" title="Puno">Puno</a>. The road that connects it with the city of <a href="/wiki/Abancay" title="Abancay">Abancay</a> is also the fastest to reach Lima after a journey of more than 20 hours crossing the departments of Apurímac, Ayacucho, Ica and Lima. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg/220px-Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg/330px-Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg/440px-Ambulance_Peru_Cusco_Hampi_Land_Plaza_de_Armas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Ambulance in the <a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Armas_del_Cuzco" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaza de Armas del Cuzco">Plaza de Armas</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cusco, as the administrative and economic center of the region, hosts numerous public and private health facilities. Public healthcare is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(Peru)" title="Ministry of Health (Peru)">Ministry of Health</a>, including the Regional Hospital and Hospital Antonio Lorena. Additionally, <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/EsSalud" class="extiw" title="es:EsSalud">EsSalud</a> operates several institutions, such as Adolfo Guevara Velazco Hospital, Metropolitan Polyclinic, San Sebastián Polyclinic, Santiago Polyclinic, and La Recoleta Polyclinic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Peru">List of twin towns and sister cities in Peru</a></div> <p>Cusco is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a 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Poland</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, Japan</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Potos%C3%AD" title="Potosí">Potosí</a>, Bolivia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Puebla_(city)" title="Puebla (city)">Puebla</a>, Mexico<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan"><img alt="Uzbekistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Samarkand" title="Samarkand">Samarkand</a>, Uzbekistan</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Allende" title="San Miguel de Allende">San Miguel de Allende</a>, Mexico<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takayama,_Gifu" title="Takayama, Gifu">Takayama</a>, Japan<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe</a>, United States<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xi%27an" title="Xi'an">Xi'an</a>, China</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: See 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href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_buildings_and_structures_in_Cusco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of buildings and structures in Cusco (page does not exist)">List of buildings and structures in Cusco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cusco_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cusco School">Colonial Cusco Painting School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governorate_of_New_Castile" title="Governorate of New Castile">Governorate of New Castile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inca_religion_in_Cusco" class="mw-redirect" title="Inca religion in Cusco">Inca religion in Cusco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inca_road_system" title="Inca road system">Inca road system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iperu,_tourist_information_and_assistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Iperu, tourist information and assistance">Iperu, tourist information and assistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeoastronomical_sites_sorted_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="List of archaeoastronomical sites sorted by country">List of archaeoastronomical sites sorted by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PeruRail" title="PeruRail">PeruRail</a></li> <li>Peru's Challenge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikillaqta" title="Pikillaqta">Pikillaqta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santurantikuy" title="Santurantikuy">Santurantikuy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampukancha" title="Tampukancha">Tampukancha</a>, Inca religious site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Peru" title="Tourism in Peru">Tourism in Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanakawri" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanakawri">Wanakawri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centro_Qosqo_de_Arte_Nativo" title="Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo">Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Shipibo-Conibo">Shipibo-Konibo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chayahuita_language" title="Chayahuita language">Shawi</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes <a href="/wiki/Nikkei_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikkei people">Nikkei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tusan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tusan">Tusan</a>, among others.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Cusco</i> has been the preferred spelling since 1976; see <a href="#Spelling_and_etymology">§ Spelling and etymology</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cusco&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Archaeological_sites_in_Peru" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acaray" title="Acaray">Acaray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahuila_Gencha_Machay" title="Ahuila Gencha Machay">Ahuila Gencha Machay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaru_Marka_Wasi" title="Amaru Marka Wasi">Amaru Marka Wasi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arhuaturo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arhuaturo (page does not exist)">Arhuaturo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asana,_Peru" title="Asana, Peru">Asana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asiru_Phat%27jata" title="Asiru Phat'jata">Asiru Phat'jata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspero" title="Aspero">Aspero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auga_Punta" title="Auga Punta">Auga Punta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auquilohuagra" title="Auquilohuagra">Auquilohuagra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awkin_Punta" class="mw-redirect" title="Awkin Punta">Awkin Punta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awkimarka_(Apur%C3%ADmac)" title="Awkimarka (Apurímac)">Awkimarka (Apurímac)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awkimarka_(Hu%C3%A1nuco)" title="Awkimarka (Huánuco)">Awkimarka (Huánuco)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aya_Muqu" title="Aya Muqu">Aya Muqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayamachay" title="Ayamachay">Ayamachay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayawayq%27u" title="Ayawayq'u">Ayawayq'u</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Az%C3%A1ngaro_(archaeological_site)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azángaro (archaeological site) (page does not exist)">Azángaro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baths_of_Boza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baths of Boza (page does not exist)">Baths of Boza</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bandurria_(archaeological_site)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bandurria (archaeological site) (page does not exist)">Bandurria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista,_Peru" title="Buena Vista, Peru">Buena Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahuachi" title="Cahuachi">Cahuachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cajamarquilla" title="Cajamarquilla">Cajamarquilla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cao_Viejo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cao Viejo (page does not exist)">Cao Viejo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carachupa" title="Carachupa">Carachupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarcophagi_of_Caraj%C3%ADa" title="Sarcophagi of Carajía">Carajía</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caral" title="Caral">Caral</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caves_of_Sumbay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caves of Sumbay (page does not exist)">Caves of Sumbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerro_Ba%C3%BAl" title="Cerro Baúl">Cerro Baúl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerro_P%C3%A1tapo_ruins" title="Cerro Pátapo ruins">Cerro Pátapo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cerro_Trinidad_(archaeological_site)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cerro Trinidad (archaeological site) (page does not exist)">Cerro Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chacamarca_Historic_Sanctuary" title="Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary">Chacamarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chan_Chan" title="Chan Chan">Chan Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanquillo" title="Chanquillo">Chanquillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauchilla_Cemetery" title="Chauchilla Cemetery">Chauchilla Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_de_Huantar" class="mw-redirect" title="Chavín de Huantar">Chavín de Huantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chawaytiri" title="Chawaytiri">Chawaytiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheqollo" title="Cheqollo">Cheqollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chichakuri" title="Chichakuri">Chichakuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipaw_Marka" title="Chipaw Marka">Chipaw Marka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choquepuquio" title="Choquepuquio">Choquepuquio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choquequirao" title="Choquequirao">Choquequirao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choquequirao_Puquio" title="Choquequirao Puquio">Choquequirao Puquio</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Churaj%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Churajón (page does not exist)">Churajón</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuya_city&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuya city (page does not exist)">Chuya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochabamba_(archaeological_site)" title="Cochabamba (archaeological site)">Cochabamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochapata" title="Cochapata">Cochapata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colcampata" title="Colcampata">Colcampata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collor" title="Collor">Collor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condorcaga" title="Condorcaga">Condorcaga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cota_Coca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cota Coca (page does not exist)">Cota Coca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coricancha" title="Coricancha">Coricancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumbemayo" title="Cumbemayo">Cumbemayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutimbo" title="Cutimbo">Cutimbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Brujo" title="El Brujo">El Brujo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forest_and_archaeological_complex_El_Ca%C3%B1oncillo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forest and archaeological complex El Cañoncillo (page does not exist)">El Cañoncillo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=El_Ingenio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="El Ingenio (page does not exist)">El Ingenio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Para%C3%ADso,_Peru" title="El Paraíso, Peru">El Paraíso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garagay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garagay (page does not exist)">Garagay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gran_Pajat%C3%A9n" title="Gran Pajatén">Gran Pajatén</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gran_Vilaya" title="Gran Vilaya">Gran Vilaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guellayhuasin" title="Guellayhuasin">Guellayhuasin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guitarrero_Cave" title="Guitarrero Cave">Guitarrero Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatun_Machay" title="Hatun Machay">Hatun Machay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatun_Misapata" title="Hatun Misapata">Hatun Misapata</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hatun_Rumiyoc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hatun Rumiyoc (page does not exist)">Hatun Rumiyoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatun_Uchku" title="Hatun Uchku">Hatun Uchku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatun_Usnu" title="Hatun Usnu">Hatun Usnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatunmarka" title="Hatunmarka">Hatunmarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honcopampa" title="Honcopampa">Honcopampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huaca_de_la_Luna" title="Huaca de la Luna">Huaca de la Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huaca_del_Drag%C3%B3n" title="Huaca del Dragón">Huaca del Dragón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huaca_del_Sol" title="Huaca del Sol">Huaca del Sol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huaca_Huallamarca" title="Huaca Huallamarca">Huaca Huallamarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huaca_Prieta" title="Huaca Prieta">Huaca Prieta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huaca_Pucllana" title="Huaca Pucllana">Huaca Pucllana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huaca_San_Marcos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huaca San Marcos (page does not exist)">Huaca San Marcos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huaca_Santa_Ana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huaca Santa Ana (page does not exist)">Huaca Santa Ana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huacramarca" title="Huacramarca">Huacramarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hualpayunca" title="Hualpayunca">Hualpayunca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huamanmarca,_La_Convenci%C3%B3n" title="Huamanmarca, La Convención">Huamanmarca, La Convención</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huamboy" title="Huamboy">Huamboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huankar%C3%A1n" title="Huankarán">Huankarán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huayc%C3%A1n_de_Pariachi" title="Huaycán de Pariachi">Huaycán de Pariachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu%C3%A1nuco_Pampa" title="Huánuco Pampa">Huánuco Pampa</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Inka_Tampu,_Vilcabamba" title="Inka Tampu, Vilcabamba">Inka Tampu, Vilcabamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inka_Tunuwiri" title="Inka Tunuwiri">Inka Tunuwiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inka_Wasi,_Ayacucho" title="Inka Wasi, Ayacucho">Inka Wasi, Ayacucho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inka_Wasi,_Huancavelica" title="Inka Wasi, Huancavelica">Inka Wasi, Huancavelica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkapintay" title="Inkapintay">Inkapintay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkilltambo" title="Inkilltambo">Inkilltambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inti_Punku" title="Inti Punku">Inti Punku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inti_Watana,_Ayacucho" title="Inti Watana, Ayacucho">Inti Watana, Ayacucho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inti_Watana,_Calca" title="Inti Watana, Calca">Inti Watana, Calca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inti_Watana,_Urubamba" class="mw-redirect" title="Inti Watana, Urubamba">Inti Watana, Urubamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intikancha_(Puno)" title="Intikancha (Puno)">Intikancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intini_Uyu_Pata" title="Intini Uyu Pata">Intini Uyu Pata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intipa_%C3%91awin" class="mw-redirect" title="Intipa Ñawin">Intipa Ñawin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intiyuq_K%27uchu" title="Intiyuq K'uchu">Intiyuq K'uchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iskuqucha" title="Iskuqucha">Iskuqucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isog" title="Isog">Isog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinkiori" title="Jinkiori">Jinkiori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jisk%27a_Iru_Muqu" title="Jisk'a Iru Muqu">Jisk'a Iru Muqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanamarka" title="Kanamarka">Kanamarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanichi,_Peru" title="Kanichi, Peru">Kanichi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenko,_Puno" title="Kenko, Puno">Kenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killa_Mach%27ay" title="Killa Mach'ay">Killa Mach'ay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killarumiyuq" title="Killarumiyuq">Killarumiyuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotosh" title="Kotosh">Kotosh</a></li> <li><a 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Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_de_las_Momias" title="Laguna de las Momias">Laguna de las Momias</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lauricocha_Caves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lauricocha Caves (page does not exist)">Lauricocha Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Layz%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Layzón (page does not exist)">Layzón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llactan" title="Llactan">Llactan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llamachayuq" title="Llamachayuq">Llamachayuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llamachayuq_Qaqa" title="Llamachayuq Qaqa">Llamachayuq Qaqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llamayuq" title="Llamayuq">Llamayuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llamuqa" title="Llamuqa">Llamuqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llaqta_Qulluy,_Acoria" title="Llaqta Qulluy, Acoria">Llaqta Qulluy, Acoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llaqta_Qulluy,_Conayca" title="Llaqta Qulluy, Conayca">Llaqta Qulluy, Conayca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llaqta_Qulluy,_Tayacaja" title="Llaqta Qulluy, Tayacaja">Llaqta Qulluy, Tayacaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llaqta_Qulluy,_Vilca" title="Llaqta Qulluy, Vilca">Llaqta Qulluy, Vilca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llaqtapata" title="Llaqtapata">Llaqtapata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machu_Colca" title="Machu Colca">Machu Colca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machu_Picchu" title="Machu Picchu">Machu Picchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machu_Pirqa" title="Machu Pirqa">Machu Pirqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machu_Pitumarka" title="Machu Pitumarka">Machu Pitumarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machu_Q%27inti" title="Machu Q'inti">Machu Q'inti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallkuamaya" title="Mallkuamaya">Mallkuamaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mameria" title="Mameria">Mameria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maray_Qalla" title="Maray Qalla">Maray Qalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marayniyoq" title="Marayniyoq">Marayniyoq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcahuamachuco" title="Marcahuamachuco">Marcahuamachuco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markahirka" title="Markahirka">Markahirka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markansaya" title="Markansaya">Markansaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markapukyu" title="Markapukyu">Markapukyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marpa,_Peru" title="Marpa, Peru">Marpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27allaqta,_Castilla" title="Mawk'allaqta, Castilla">Mawk'allaqta, Castilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27allaqta,_Espinar" title="Mawk'allaqta, Espinar">Mawk'allaqta, Espinar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27allaqta,_La_Uni%C3%B3n" title="Mawk'allaqta, La Unión">Mawk'allaqta, La Unión</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27allaqta,_Melgar" title="Mawk'allaqta, Melgar">Mawk'allaqta, Melgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27allaqta,_Paruro" title="Mawk'allaqta, Paruro">Mawk'allaqta, Paruro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27allaqta,_Sandia" title="Mawk'allaqta, Sandia">Mawk'allaqta, Sandia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawk%27ataray" title="Mawk'ataray">Mawk'ataray</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mazur_(Peru)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mazur (Peru) (page does not exist)">Mazur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miculla_petroglyphs" title="Miculla petroglyphs">Miculla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millka" title="Millka">Millka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruins_of_Miraflores&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ruins of Miraflores (page does not exist)">Miraflores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirq%27imarka" title="Mirq'imarka">Mirq'imarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyu_Pampa" title="Miyu Pampa">Miyu Pampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molloko" title="Molloko">Molloko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moray_(Inca_ruin)" title="Moray (Inca ruin)">Moray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulinuyuq" title="Mulinuyuq">Mulinuyuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullu_Q%27awa" title="Mullu Q'awa">Mullu Q'awa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muyu_Muyu" title="Muyu Muyu">Muyu Muyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muyu_Urqu" title="Muyu Urqu">Muyu Urqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muyuq_Marka" title="Muyuq Marka">Muyuq Marka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazca_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazca Lines">Nazca Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Kiru" title="Nina Kiru">Nina Kiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninamarca" title="Ninamarca">Ninamarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%91awpallaqta,_Huanca_Sancos" title="Ñawpallaqta, Huanca Sancos">Ñawpallaqta, Huanca Sancos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%91awpallaqta,_Fajardo" title="Ñawpallaqta, Fajardo">Ñawpallaqta, Fajardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%91awpallaqta,_Lucanas" title="Ñawpallaqta, Lucanas">Ñawpallaqta, Lucanas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%91usta_Hispana" title="Ñusta Hispana">Ñusta Hispana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollantaytambo" title="Ollantaytambo">Ollantaytambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacatnamu" title="Pacatnamu">Pacatnamu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pachacamac" title="Pachacamac">Pachacamac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pachatusan" title="Pachatusan">Pachatusan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paij%C3%A1n_(archaeological_complex)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paiján (archaeological complex) (page does not exist)">Paiján</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pa%C3%B1amarca" title="Pañamarca">Pañamarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paracas_Candelabra" title="Paracas Candelabra">Paracas Candelabra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraccra_(archaeological_site)" title="Paraccra (archaeological site)">Paraccra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patallaqta" class="mw-redirect" title="Patallaqta">Patallaqta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikillaqta" title="Pikillaqta">Pikillaqta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikimachay" title="Pikimachay">Pikimach'ay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilluchu" title="Pilluchu">Pilluchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinkuylluna" title="Pinkuylluna">Pinkuylluna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirca_Pirca,_La_Libertad" title="Pirca Pirca, La Libertad">Pirca Pirca, La Libertad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirca_Pirca,_Lima" title="Pirca Pirca, Lima">Pirca Pirca, Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirhuaylla" title="Pirhuaylla">Pirhuaylla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piruro" title="Piruro">Piruro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirwayuq" title="Pirwayuq">Pirwayuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%ADsac" title="Písac">Písac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puka_Pukara" title="Puka Pukara">Puka Pukara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambo_Colorado" title="Tambo Colorado">Puka Tampu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puka_Urqu_(Ayacucho)" title="Puka Urqu (Ayacucho)">Puka Urqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukara,_Coporaque" title="Pukara, Coporaque">Pukara, Coporaque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukara,_V%C3%ADctor_Fajardo" title="Pukara, Víctor Fajardo">Pukara, Fajardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukara,_Puno" class="mw-redirect" title="Pukara, Puno">Pukara, Puno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukara,_Vilcas_Huam%C3%A1n" title="Pukara, Vilcas Huamán">Pukara, Vilcas Huamán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pukarani_(Peru)" title="Pukarani (Peru)">Pukarani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumamarka,_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n" title="Pumamarka, San Sebastián">Pumamarka, San Sebastián</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumamarka,_Urubamba" title="Pumamarka, Urubamba">Pumamarka, Urubamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumaq_Hirka" title="Pumaq Hirka">Pumaq Hirka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumawasi,_Anta" title="Pumawasi, Anta">Pumawasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punkuri" class="mw-redirect" title="Punkuri">Punkuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puqin_Kancha" title="Puqin Kancha">Puqin Kancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puruchuco" title="Puruchuco">Puruchuco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purunllacta,_Cheto" class="mw-redirect" title="Purunllacta, Cheto">Purunllacta, Cheto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purunllacta,_Soloco" title="Purunllacta, Soloco">Purunllacta, Soloco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pusharo" title="Pusharo">Pusharo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pusuquy_Pata" title="Pusuquy Pata">Pusuquy Pata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puyupatamarca" title="Puyupatamarca">Puyupatamarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaqapatan" title="Qaqapatan">Qaqapatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qenko" title="Qenko">Qenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qillqatani" title="Qillqatani">Qillqatani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qillqa_(rock_art)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qillqa (rock art) (page does not exist)">Qillqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qillqay_Mach%27ay" class="mw-redirect" title="Qillqay Mach'ay">Qillqay Mach'ay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Petroglyphs_of_Quiaca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petroglyphs of Quiaca (page does not exist)">Quiaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quillarumi" title="Quillarumi">Quillarumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quishuar_(archaeological_site)" title="Quishuar (archaeological site)">Quishuar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qullqapampa" title="Qullqapampa">Qullqapampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qulu_Qulu" title="Qulu 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title="Raqch'i">Raqch'i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revash" title="Revash">Revash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumicolca" title="Rumicolca">Rumicolca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumiwasi" title="Rumiwasi">Rumiwasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runayoc" title="Runayoc">Runayoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runkuraqay" title="Runkuraqay">Runkuraqay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n" title="Sacsayhuamán">Sacsayhuamán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Sara" title="Sara Sara">Sara Sara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayacmarca" title="Sayacmarca">Sayacmarca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayhuite" title="Sayhuite">Sayhuite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerro_Sech%C3%ADn" title="Cerro Sechín">Sechín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sillustani" title="Sillustani">Sillustani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sip%C3%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="Sipán">Sipán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B3ndor" title="Sóndor">Sóndor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soro_Mik%27aya_Patjxa" title="Soro Mik'aya Patjxa">Soro 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Q'asa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupu_Inka" title="Tupu Inka">Tupu Inka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%27akaq" title="T'akaq">T'akaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%27uqu_T%27uquyuq" title="T'uqu T'uquyuq">T'uqu T'uquyuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchkus_Inka%C3%B1an" title="Uchkus Inkañan">Uchkus Inkañan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urpish" title="Urpish">Urpish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uskallaqta" title="Uskallaqta">Uskallaqta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usnu,_Ayacucho" title="Usnu, Ayacucho">Usnu, Ayacucho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usnu,_Hu%C3%A1nuco" title="Usnu, Huánuco">Usnu, Huánuco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usnu_Muqu" title="Usnu Muqu">Usnu Muqu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usqunta" title="Usqunta">Usqunta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uyu_Uyu" title="Uyu Uyu">Uyu Uyu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venado_cautivo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Venado cautivo (page does not exist)">Venado cautivo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventanillas_de_Otuzco" 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title="Department of Huancavelica">Huancavelica</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu%C3%A1nuco" title="Huánuco">Huánuco</a> (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Hu%C3%A1nuco" title="Department of Huánuco">Huánuco</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ica,_Peru" title="Ica, Peru">Ica</a> (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Ica" title="Department of Ica">Ica</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huancayo" title="Huancayo">Huancayo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Jun%C3%ADn" title="Department of Junín">Junín</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trujillo,_Peru" title="Trujillo, Peru">Trujillo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_La_Libertad" title="Department of La Libertad">La Libertad</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiclayo" title="Chiclayo">Chiclayo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Lambayeque" title="Department of Lambayeque">Lambayeque</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huacho" title="Huacho">Huacho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Lima" title="Department of Lima">Department of 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class="nobold">2006</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Argentina" title="Córdoba, Argentina">Córdoba</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2007</span></dt> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cusco</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2008</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2009</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n" title="Asunción">Asunción</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2010</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2011</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quito" title="Quito">Quito</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2012</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Lu%C3%ADs,_Maranh%C3%A3o" title="São Luís, Maranhão">São Luís</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2013</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Barranquilla" title="Barranquilla">Barranquilla</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2014</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Colima" title="Colima">Colima</a> (state)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2015</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mayag%C3%BCez,_Puerto_Rico" title="Mayagüez, Puerto Rico">Mayagüez</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2016</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Valdivia" title="Valdivia">Valdivia</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2017</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Mérida, Yucatán">Mérida</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2018</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anzo%C3%A1tegui" title="Anzoátegui">Anzoátegui</a> (state)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2019</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Allende" title="San Miguel de Allende">San Miguel de Allende</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2020</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Punta_Arenas" title="Punta Arenas">Punta Arenas</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2021</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Zacatecas" title="Zacatecas">Zacatecas</a> (state)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2022</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ibagu%C3%A9" title="Ibagué">Ibagué</a></dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2023</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Aguascalientes" title="Aguascalientes">Aguascalientes</a> (state)</dd> <dt><span class="nobold">2024</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nayarit" title="Nayarit">Nayarit</a> (state)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Spanish_/_Hispanic_Colonial_architecture_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hag%C3%A5t%C3%B1a,_Guam" title="Hagåtña, Guam">Agaña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_Guatemala" title="Antigua Guatemala">Antigua Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Albuquerque" title="Old Town Albuquerque">Albuquerque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1" title="Bogotá">Bogotá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campeche_(city)" title="Campeche (city)">Campeche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia" title="Cartagena, Colombia">Cartagena de Indias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Cienfuegos" title="Historic Centre of Cienfuegos">Cienfuegos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_de_Coro" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Ana de Coro">Coro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuenca,_Ecuador" title="Cuenca, Ecuador">Cuenca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuernavaca" title="Cuernavaca">Cuernavaca</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cusco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada,_Nicaragua" title="Granada, Nicaragua">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanajuato_(city)" title="Guanajuato (city)">Guanajuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Havana" title="Old Havana">Havana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloílo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Paz" title="La Paz">La Paz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n,_Nicaragua" title="León, Nicaragua">León</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Pueblo_de_Los_%C3%81ngeles_Historical_Monument" title="El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument">Los Ángeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Lima" title="Historic Centre of Lima">Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malabo" title="Malabo">Malabo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malolos" title="Malolos">Malolos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intramuros" title="Intramuros">Manila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_center_of_Mexico_City" title="Historic center of Mexico City">Mexico City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Mompox" title="Santa Cruz de Mompox">Mompox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morelia" title="Morelia">Morelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Square_(New_Orleans)" title="Jackson Square (New Orleans)">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaxaca_City" title="Oaxaca City">Oaxaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panam%C3%A1_Viejo" title="Panamá Viejo">Old Panamá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casco_Viejo,_Panama" title="Casco Viejo, Panama">Panamá City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popay%C3%A1n" title="Popayán">Popayán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puebla_(city)" title="Puebla (city)">Puebla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quito#Historic_center" title="Quito">Quito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida" title="St. Augustine, Florida">Saint Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamo_Plaza_Historic_District" title="Alamo Plaza Historic District">San Antonio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town,_San_Diego" title="Old Town, San Diego">San Diego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_Pampanga" title="San Fernando, Pampanga">San Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_As%C3%ADs" title="Mission San Francisco de Asís">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_San_Juan" title="Old San Juan">San Juan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD_(city)" title="San Luis Potosí (city)">San Luis Potosí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Allende" title="San Miguel de Allende">San Miguel de Allende</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_la_Sierra" title="Santa Cruz de la Sierra">Santa Cruz de la Sierra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico" title="Santa Fe, New Mexico">Santa Fe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaza_de_Armas_(Santiago)" title="Plaza de Armas (Santiago)">Santiago de Chile</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Spanish_missions" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Spanish missions">List of Spanish missions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists of buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_buildings_in_the_Americas#Colonial_era" title="List of oldest buildings in the Americas">Oldest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cathedrals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Argentina" title="List of cathedrals in Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Bolivia" title="List of cathedrals in Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Chile" title="List of cathedrals in Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Colombia" title="List of cathedrals in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Costa_Rica" title="List of cathedrals in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Cuba" title="List of cathedrals in Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_Dominican_Republic" title="List of cathedrals in the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Ecuador" title="List of cathedrals in Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Guam" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Guatemala" title="List of cathedrals in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Honduras" title="List of cathedrals in Honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Mexico" title="List of cathedrals in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Nicaragua" title="List of cathedrals in Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Panama" title="List of cathedrals in Panama">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Paraguay" title="List of cathedrals in Paraguay">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Peru" title="List of cathedrals in Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_Philippines" title="List of cathedrals in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Puerto_Rico" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li>United States <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Arizona" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#California" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Florida" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Louisiana" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_States#Texas" title="List of cathedrals in the United States">Texas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Uruguay" title="List of cathedrals in Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_Venezuela" title="List of cathedrals in Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Churches and monasteries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Fortifications_on_the_Caribbean_Side_of_Panama:_Portobelo-San_Lorenzo" title="Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo">Caribbean coast of Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_fortifications_of_colonial_Chile" title="Coastal fortifications of colonial Chile">Coasts of Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonial_fortifications_in_the_Philippines" title="Spanish colonial fortifications in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_forts_in_colonial_Santo_Domingo" title="List of forts in colonial Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bridges and roads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camino_Real_de_Tierra_Adentro" title="Camino Real de Tierra Adentro">Camino Real de Tierra Adentro</a></li> <li><a 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