Plaza de Armas (Cusco)

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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.

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Restaurant TUNUPA (Cusco)

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Lunch at the restaurant TUNUPA with folklore shows.

The restaurant TUNUPA is located in the site overlooking the Plaza de Armas.       (Copy from Google)

Quinua soup

Grilled cod

Cheesecake and icecream for dessert

Coca tea

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Qorikancha (Cusco)

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Qorikancha was a religious center as a temple of the Sun in Inca Era.
 "Qori" means gold,  "Kancha" means an enclosed space, bounded by walls. Therefore Qorikancha means "place that has gold".

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The current Santo Domingo Church was built on the remains of Qorikancha, a temple of the Sun, demolished by the Spanish.

Courtyard which has a fountain with octagonal corners in the center.

Windows on the wall overlap through several rooms exactly.

Each room is enclosed in orderly stonework.

Stonework of Inca is said that even a blade of razor is impossible to pass through between stones.

View from Santo Domingo Church; Jardín Sagrado, a garden in front and Av.El Sol, a main street in Cusco.

video (30 sec)      Jardín Sagrado, Av.El Sol as seen from Santo Domingo Church.

Santo Domingo Church and Jardín Sagrado as seen from Av.El Sol.

A hummingbird was found in Jardín Sagrado.

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Rafael Larco Herrera Museum (Lima)

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Rafael Larco Herrera Museum is well-known as the pottery collections of the Moche culture.

 Rafael Larco Herrera Museum is located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru.

The gate of the museum

The museum was the residence of the Spanish aristocracy in 18th century.

The terrace with flower beds in front of the entrance.

Entrance

Patio

Heading to exhibition rooms and storage rooms of collections through the patio.

Storage room

Most is potteries of the Moche culture.

Exhibition room

video (1 min 30 sec)      Exhibition room

Gold adornments of the Chimú culture.

Spacious yard

A stirrup-spout bottle is one of features in the Moche culture.

Erotic potteries exhibited in the outbuilding, Sala Erótica.

A sign of toilet for men, humorous and clear.

A sign of toilet for women

Museum shop

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