9 Sights in Distrito de Cusco, Peru (with Map and Images)

Cusco or Cuzco, is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the seventh most populous in Peru; in 2017, it had a population of 428,450. Its elevation is around 3,400 m (11,200 ft).

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Puka Pukara is a site of military ruins in Peru situated in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, near Cusco. This fort is made of large walls, terraces, and staircases and was part of defense of Cusco in particular and the Inca Empire in general.

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The Church of San Blas is a religious temple of Catholic worship under the invocation of San Blas located in the historic center of the city of Cuzco, Peru. The church is located in the Plazoleta de San Blas, heart of the homonymous neighborhood, about 430 meters northeast of the Plaza de Armas.

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The Church of La Merced, also called Basilica Menor de La Merced, is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Cusco, Peru. It is located 100 meters southwest of the city's main square in front of the Plazoleta Espinar. It belongs to the Mercedarian Order and has, annexes, both the convent and the premises of the Colegio la Merced. The temple has a basilica plan with three naves covered with brick vaults and dome over the transept, with baroque altars in its side naves and neoclassical style in the main altar. It also has a tower with baroque bell tower topped with a dome of half orange. Highlights include its side cover-altarpiece and the Renaissance façade of the foot wall, the choir stalls, its colonial paintings and polychrome wood carvings. Inside lie the remains of Diego de Almagro el Viejo, Diego de Almagro el Mozo and Gonzalo Pizarro.

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The Cathedral of Cusco or Cathedral Basilica of the Virgin of the Assumption is the main temple of the city of Cusco, in Peru and houses the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Cusco. The Cathedral Basilica of Cusco, together with the Triunfo temple make up the Cathedral Complex, it is located in the northeast sector of the current Plaza de Armas of Cusco. In the place that, during the Inca period, was occupied by both the Suntor Wassi and the Kisoarkancha or Palace of the eighth Inca Viracocha. The complex occupies an area of 3,920 square meters and is the most important religious monument in the Historic Center of Cusco.

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Pukamuqu is a mountain in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District. It is a natural viewpoint of the city of Cusco situated at a height of 3,600 metres (11,811 ft). On top of the mountain there is a statue called Cristo Blanco.

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The Church of the Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Cusco, Peru. It is located in the Plaza de Armas in the historic center of Cusco and was built on the site of the ancient Amarucancha, which was the palace of the Inca Huayna Capac.

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The twelve-angled stone is an archeological artifact in Cuzco, Peru. It was part of a stone wall of an Inca palace, and is considered to be a national heritage object. The stone is currently part of a wall in the palace of the Archbishop of Cuzco.

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Sacsayhuamán, often spelled Saqsaywaman or Xacxaguaman,, is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 m (12,142 ft).

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