Cusco attractions on the map

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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