SOUTH
AMERICAN PICTURES ARCHAEOLOGY
AND HISTORY
Cuzco/
Cusco/ Qosqo/ Peru
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For
a short account of Cuzco, the Inca capital and now a UNESCO World
Heritage site read
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| IMAGE ARCHIVE |
| ARCHAEOLOGY + HISTORY |
| COLLECTIONS |
| FEATURES |
| NATURAL HISTORY + ENVIRONMENT |
| PORTFOLIOS |
| RÉSUMÉ |
| ESPAÑOL |
| PORTUGUÊS |
| SITE MAP |
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| Church of La Compania + Plaza de Armas | Calle Hatunrumioc | Calle Hatunrumioc | Calle Hatunrumioc |
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| Stone of 12 corners | Calle Hatunrumioc | The Temple of the Sun + Church of Santo Domingo | The Temple of the Sun + Church of Santo Domingo |
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| Niche in the Temple of the Sun | Reconstructed Temple of Lightning | Reconstructed Temple of the Moon | Excavations below the sun temple and Avenida El Sol |
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| A waterchannnel/ fountain below the Temple of the Sun | The Cathedral | Palace of Inca Roq'a / Archbishop's palace | Calle Loreto |
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| Plaza de Armas | The House of the Serpents - the Beaterio of the Nazarenes | Wall and niches at Colcampata |
Niche
and lintel at Colcampata
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| Convent of Santa Teresa on Inca foundations | Convent of Santa Teresa on Inca foundations | Colonial house and doorway within Inca walls/ Calle Zeta | The house of GarciLaso de la Vega |
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| Mist over Cuzco | Mt. Ausangate | Sacred Valley of the Incas | Modern depiction of life in Inca Cuzco with the golden punchão -sun disc |
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| Seventeenth century engraving | Seventeenth century engraving | 19th century map of Cuzco reveals the puma outline | Aerial photograph of Cuzco |
