Historic Center of Cusco
Church of the Society of Jesus.
The Cusco Catheral.
Statue of Pachacuti, the ninth ruler of the Kingdom of Cusco ("Sapa Inca") and later the Emperor of the Inca Empire (1438-1471). Pachacuti expanded the Inca dominion from the Cusco valley to a big part of western South America. He is also credited with founding the site of Machu Picchu..
Church of the Holy Family.
Plaza de Armas: Cusco Catheral is on the left and the Church of the Society of Jesus is on the right.
Cusco Catheral.
Museum of the Convent of Santo Domingo - Coricancha
The Convent of Santo Domingo is a convent or monastery of the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) in the city of Cusco. Built on top of Coricancha (Golden Temple or Temple of the Sun), which was the most important religious temple of the Inca Empire (built 1438) and mostly destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadors. The first convent building was completed in 1610. An earthquake damaged the original convent in 1650 and rebuilt to its current structure in 1680. Today it's a must-see museum.
Church of Santo Domingo.
The above image and two images below are the interior courtyard of the Santo Domingo Convent.
Symbol of Inca Mythology: Condor, Puma and Snake cut into the Coricancha Temple's front garden.
Amazingly, the stonework was accomplished with simple tools and labor intensive hours resulting in accurate mortar-less joints, as shown here with a precise 90-degree angle fit.
Church of Santo Domingo.