Visit to Cusco, the former capital of Inca Empire, from Lima at 1-hour and 20-min by aircraft in February 2015. （Copy From Google)
City of Cusco registered in the World Heritage is 3,400 m above sea level.
Spanish colonial-style houses lined along streets.
Plaza de Armas in the center of Cusco.
Area map around Plaza de Armas. (Copy from Google)
Cathedral in Cusco It was built on ruins of Viracocha temple by Spanish.
The statue of Pachacuti, the 9th emperor of Inca, on the fountain in Plaza de Armas.
There are restaurants, cafes and shops around Plaza de Armas.
video (41 sec) Landscape around Plaza de Armas.
Here were two delimited plazas called Huacaypata and Haucaypata in the Inca Empire. The Spanish united them into the Plaza de Armas.
The Church of the Society of Jesus (Iglesia de la compañía de Jesús)
The Spanish demolished the palace of Huayna Capac, the 11th emperor of Inca, and built the church on it.
Walking on Triunfo street toward The Stone of Twelve Angles.
The Stone of Twelve Angles (la piedra de los doce ángulos) It has symbolised elaborate rockwork of Inca.
End of Plaza de Armas. return to countries visited
