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Cusco

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  1. Hatun Rumiyoc: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    The palace masonry will make it possible to connect the change in the ruling line with the way new Incas settled their kin groups across the city center.

  2. Mercado Central de San Pedro: story on the “From Plaza San Francisco to San Pedro: market, monasteries, and urban disputes” route

    A family stall will show how the market's larger history fits into a single working life.

  3. Plaza de Armas: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    Here it will become clear how the Incas’ ceremonial center was turned into a place where colonial power displayed itself to the entire city.

  4. Q'enqo: a sanctuary without its lost name: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    The final stop will show that archaeology confirms the site's ritual purpose but does not restore its lost name.

  5. Sacsayhuamán: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    The surviving tiers reveal the terrain of the battle after which the siege of the city turned into a blockade.

  6. Twelve-Angled Stone: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    The finale will bring the story of the fate of Inca masonry into the present and show the cost of several blows to an authentic block.

  7. Calle Loreto: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    Here, a court ruling will turn into a procession, clothing, and a document the family used decades later.

  8. Church of the Society of Jesus: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    Its proximity to the cathedral turns the story of its construction into a visible dispute over precedence and prestige.

  9. Cristo Blanco: gratitude above the city: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    A modern monument adds to the ancient slope the story of merchants who thanked the city that welcomed them.

  10. Cuesta de San Blas: story on the “San Blas: Cusco's artisan hillside” route

    The climb shows how builders hid the water and turned the site of an old bridge into an ordinary intersection.

  11. Cusco Cathedral Complex: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    This stop separates the course of the siege from the later church story of the city's miraculous salvation.

  12. Iglesia de San Francisco: story on the “From Plaza San Francisco to San Pedro: market, monasteries, and urban disputes” route

    This stop explains why the Franciscans established themselves on their third site after two forced moves.

  13. Muyucmarca: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    The low masonry will outline the vanished structure that tradition links to the end of the assault.

  14. Plaza San Francisco: story on the “From Plaza San Francisco to San Pedro: market, monasteries, and urban disputes” route

    This is where the story of the city market begins—a market whose foundations were laid before a decision was made to move it.

  15. Plaza Santo Domingo: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    The plaza will return the route to a disputed legend about the people who owned this land before the founders of Inca Cusco.

  16. Plazoleta de San Blas: story on the “San Blas: Cusco's artisan hillside” route

    The square will restore the route's Inca layer, of which almost nothing remains on the surface.

  17. Suchuna: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    This stop distinguishes the natural stone grooves from the closed limestone labyrinth nearby.

  18. The Church of San Blas and Its Pulpit: story on the “San Blas: Cusco's artisan hillside” route

    The pulpit makes it possible to distinguish a documented commission from the beautiful but unproven biography of its carver.

  19. Arco de Santa Clara: story on the “From Plaza San Francisco to San Pedro: market, monasteries, and urban disputes” route

    The surviving emblems will recall a state union that outlasted its own collapse in stone.

  20. Plaza San Pedro and Iglesia de San Pedro: story on the “From Plaza San Francisco to San Pedro: market, monasteries, and urban disputes” route

    The final point will return the market to the older history of the parish and the hospital for Indigenous people.

  21. San Cristóbal: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    Here it will become clear how an Inca family secured its future in documents and a church parish.

  22. Carmen Alto and Tandapata: story on the “San Blas: Cusco's artisan hillside” route

    Two streets will connect the everyday history of water with a women's community's struggle for closed doors and a good name.

  23. Colcampata: story on the “Above Cusco: Sacsayhuamán, Suchuna, and Q'enqo” route

    The surviving terrace lets you trace the fate of a palace that was taken away, armed, and returned to its owner.

  24. Colegio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes: story on the “From Plaza San Francisco to San Pedro: market, monasteries, and urban disputes” route

    The school façade will be the starting point for the story of a team that retained its college's name.

  25. Qosqo Qhawarina Viewpoint: story on the “San Blas: Cusco's artisan hillside” route

    The final terrace explains why the open view of Cusco had to be returned to city residents twice.

  26. Siete Angelitos and Siete Diablitos: story on the “San Blas: Cusco's artisan hillside” route

    The alleys show how paintings on a cornice can displace an old city name.

  27. Coricancha and Santo Domingo: story on the “Central Cusco: from Plaza de Armas to Hatun Rumiyoc” route

    The surviving walls will show what remained here after the temple furnishings were turned into shares for the conquerors.

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