City of Cuzco

World Heritage
Peru
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Located in the Peruvian Andes, Cusco developed under the Inca ruler Pachacuti into a complex urban center with distinct religious and administrative functions. It was surrounded by clearly demarcated areas of agricultural, handicraft, and industrial production. When the Spanish conquered it in the 16 century, they retained the basic structure but built Baroque churches and palaces on the ruins of the Inca city.

Arco de Santa Clara

Ruins of Sacsayhuamán

Sacsayhuamán is an Inca ceremonial fortress located two kilometers north from Cusco, the greatest ar...

Digital recreation of the original interior of the Qurikancha (The main Temple of the Sun of the Inc...

Templo de la Sagrada Familia

View of Hatun Rumiyuq Street. Many of the colonial constructions used the city's Inca constructions ...

Map showing the city of Cusco during the Inca Empire. Painting of 1565 by Giovanni Battista Ramusio....

Old streets in the city center

The first image of Cusco in Europe. Pedro Cieza de León. Crónica del Perú, 1553

A view of the Colonial Balconies of Cusco

Ruins of Sacsayhuamán

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Information extracted from Wikidata

capital of Pseudotachylite (quarry) site
official name Cusco
native label Qusqu
category of people buried here Category:Burials in Cusco
category of associated people Category:People from Cusco
different from Navel of the World
elevation above sea level 3399
area 385
collage image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cuscoinfobox.png
category for maps Category:Maps of Cusco
category for the view of the item Category:Views of Cusco
start time 1986-08-04T00:00:00Z
start time 1984-01-03T00:00:00Z
start time 1993-11-22T00:00:00Z
start time 1987-06-17T00:00:00Z
start time 1996-04-11T00:00:00Z
start time 1993-10-22T00:00:00Z
start time 1998-06-22T00:00:00Z
start time 1992-08-29T00:00:00Z
start time 1989-10-21T00:00:00Z
start time 1987-09-19T00:00:00Z
locator map image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cuzco-distritos.png
executive body Cusco
location of creation Cusco
official language Pseudotachylite (quarry) site
IPA transcription 2123458
number of rooms lccn-n80162967
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/0jld3
postal code 08000
Commons category Cusco
located in time zone UTC−05:00
local dialing code 84
inception 1300-01-01T00:00:00Z
inception 1534-04-02T00:00:00Z
coordinate location Point(-71.978056 -13.518333)
official website http://www.cusco.gob.pe/
topic's main category Category:Cusco
Commons gallery Cusco
page banner http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cuzco%20Wikivoyage%20banner%204.jpg
Dewey Decimal Classification 2--8537
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning 1588271
uses 4090652-8
country Peru
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cusco%2C%20Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n%20-%20panoramio.jpg
instance of big city
flag image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag%20of%20Cusco.svg
coat of arms image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Escudo%20de%20Cusco.png
located in the administrative territorial entity Pseudotachylite (quarry) site
start time 1991-09-18T00:00:00Z

described by source The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as Cuzco
start time 1821-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time 1824-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time 0013-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time 1536-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Jersey City
start time 1988-11-08T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Cuenca
start time 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Rosario
start time 1984-08-23T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Rio de Janeiro
start time 2003-10-10T00:00:00Z
population 428450
determination method census
point in time 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 348935
determination method census
point in time 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Kaesong
start time 1990-10-22T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Xi'an
start time 1998-06-21T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Moscow
start time 1993-06-23T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Jerusalem
start time 1996-03-23T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body Kraków
start time 1988-11-08T00:00:00Z