List of buildings and structures in Cusco
This is a list of notable buildings in the city of Cusco, Peru. The city of Cusco is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The list is ordered by the groundbreaking date of each building.
Pre-Columbian buildings[edit]
They are listed with its names in the modern Quechua orthography.
Name | Image | Built | Civilization who built it | Source | Location | ID |
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Much of the Colonial constructions used the city's Inca constructions in the walls as a base. |
Most in the 15th century. The pre-columbian re-design of the city is the work of Sapa Inca Pachakutiq | Inca architecture | [1] | Cusco | ||
Saqsaywaman | 1100-early 16th century | Killke culture, Inca architecture | [2][3][4] | Two kilometers north of Cusco | ||
Remains of the Qurikancha (temple of Inti -god Sun-) | It was started to be built by the Ayarmacas (around 13th-14th centuries), remodelled by Sapa Inca Pachakutiq (15th century) | Inca architecture | [5] | Calle Arraniyoq | CUS-046 | |
Base of the Muyuq Marka Tower (actually a temple of Inti -god Sun-) | It is part of the set of Saqsaywaman (idem) | Inca architecture | [6][7] | Two kilometers north of Cusco | ||
Palace of Colcampata | it is the oldest place in the neighborhoods of Cuzco, where the primitive settlers lived. And very possibly it was also the place where Manco Cápac built his first palace or residence. | Inca architecture | [8] | the skirts of the sanctuary of Sacsayhuamán |
Colonial buildings[edit]
Churches[edit]
The list is incomplete.
Name | Image | Built | Architectural style | Architect(s) | Belonged to the religious order | Source | Location | ID |
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Templo del Triunfo | 1539-1664 | Renaissance | [9] | Plaza de Armas (city's main square) | CUS-047 | |||
Church of San Blas | 1544-1563 (its interior decor was built in the late 17th century) | (its extensively carved cedar pulpit is Churrigueresque) | [10][11] | Plazoleta de San Blas | CUS-037 | |||
Ruins of the Convent of San Agustín | 1556-1645 | Order of Saint Augustine | [10][11] | Corner of Ruinas, San Agustín and Santa Mónica streets. No. 140, Mz. 15. | CUS-079 | |||
Cusco Cathedral | 1560-1654 | Renaissance (exterior), Plateresque Gothic, Baroque (interior) |
Spanish Juan Miguel de Veramendi, criollo Juan Correa, Spanish Miguel Gutiérrez Sencio | [9] | Plaza de Armas (city's main square) | CUS-028 | ||
Church of San Sebastián | 1572-1799 | Baroque (in 2016 a fire inside destroyed the altar, many sculptures, exceptional large paintings and diptychs, but not the most, which was saved) | [12][13] | San Sebastián District | CUS-088 | |||
Church of la Compañía de Jesús | 1576-1668 | Andean Baroque | Flemish Jean-Baptiste Gilles, Diego Martínez de Oviedo (criollo) | Society of Jesus | [14][15] | Plaza de Armas (city's main square) | CUS-030 | |
Monastery of Santa Clara | 1603-1650 | Renaissance, Baroque | A Greek friar, his hispanized name was "Manuel Pablo" | Franciscan Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament | [16][17] | Calle Santa Clara | CUS-043 | |
Church of San Francisco de Asís | 1645-1652 | Romanesque, Plateresque (most of its interior is original although there are also some interior reconstructed areas). | Franciscans | [18][9][19] | Plaza de San Francisco | CUS-039 | ||
Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena | 1651-1669 | Dominican Nuns Order | [20] | Calle Santa Catalina Angosta | CUS-042 | |||
Basilica of La Merced | 1651-1696 | Baroque, Renaissance (exterior), Baroque, Neoclassical (interior) |
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy | [21][22] | Plazoleta Espinar, Calle Mantas 121 | CUS-033 | ||
Church of San Cristóbal | second half of 17th century | Mannerism | Marcos Uscamayta (an inca indigenous) | [23] | Calle Don Bosco at the west end of the Plaza del Colcampata on the Sacsayhuamán Hill | CUS-038 | ||
Monastery of San José y Santa Teresa | 1673-1676 | Baroque | Diego Martínez de Oviedo (criollo) | Discalced Carmelites | [9][24] | Two blocks from the Plaza de Armas at the intersection of Siete Cuartones and Saphy streets. | CUS-044 | |
Church and Seminary of Saint Anthony the Abbot | 1678-1692 (church) | Andean Baroque | [25][26] | Plazoleta de las Nazarenas | CUS-036 | |||
Convent of Santo Domingo | 1680-early 18th century | Baroque | several | Dominican Order | [9][27] | Calle Arraniyoq | CUS-046 | |
Church of la Almudena | 1683-1689 | Baroque | Juan Tomás Tuyru Túpac (an inca indigenous) | Order of the Brothers of Bethlehem | [28] | Plazoleta de Almudena, Santiago | CUS-027 | |
Church of San Pedro | 1688-1699 | Andean Baroque, Renaissance | Juan Tomas Tuyro Túpac (an inca indigenous) | [29][9] | Calle Cascaparo | CUS-040 | ||
Templo de la Sagrada Familia | 1723-1735 | Renaissance | Spanish Francisco Becerra | [30] | CUS-031 | |||
Central Chapel of Santo Roma | 1802 | Baroque (It is today used as the La Almudena cemetery room incinerator.) | Bishop Bartolomé María de las Heras | [31][32] | La Almudena General Cemetery | CUS-023 |
Other buildings[edit]
Name | Image | Built | Architectural style | Architect(s) | Source | Location | ID |
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Balconies of Cusco | 16th-19th centuries | Mudéjar, Baroque | [33] | Cusco | |||
House of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (also today it is the Museo Histórico Regional del Cusco) | late 16th century | Andalusian architecture, Colonial Peruvian architecture, Inca architecture (the first floor of the front facade was remodelled in 1953 adding the arcades) | [34][35] | Calle Heladeros corner with calle Garcilaso | CUS-061 | ||
Archbishop's Palace of Cusco (now it is the Museo de Arte Religioso) | completed in the second half of the 17th century (and it was strongly decorated in the mid-20th century with ornates from other colonial buildings when the palace became the archbishop's palace) | Colonial Peruvian architecture, Inca architecture, Pre-Inca architecture | [36] | Calle Hatun Rumiyoq | CUS-053 | ||
Hospital of la Almudena | 1689-late 18th century | Baroque (It was managed by the Order of the Brothers of Bethlehem) | [36] | Plazoleta de la Almudena, Santiago District | CUS-027 | ||
Hospital and Convent of San Juan de Dios | 1615-1617 | Renaissance (It was managed by the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God) | [37] | Calle Teatro, Calle Nueva | CUS-052 |
Republican buildings (post-colonial)[edit]
Name | Image | Built | Architectural style | Architect(s) | Source | Location | ID |
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La Almudena General Cemetery | 1846-1850 | Baroque, Neoclassical | [38][31] | Plazoleta de la Almudena, Santiago | CUS-023 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "La iglesia de San Sebastián y las obras de arte que guardaba". La República. 16 September 2016.
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