Cusco, Peru

Recorded March 4, 2009.

Cusco (also spelled Cuzco) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of 348,935 which is triple the figure of 20 years ago. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cusco, its altitude is around 11,000 feet. Cusco is the historic capital of the Inca Empire and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1983 by UNESCO. It is a major tourist destination and receives almost a million visitors a year. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru.

The video begins at my hotel, the Libertador, and then continues directly across the street at the Coricancha (' Temple of the Sun') which was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. We then visit Sacsayhuamán, an Inca walled complex. These ruins are at an altitude of 12,142 feet. While at the ruins we are able to view several llama grazing in the area. We then descend back into the city and visit the Cathedral of Cusco on the Plaza de Armas.

From: http://timvp.com

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• cusco
• cuzco
• peru
• south-america
• urubamba
• andes
• andes-mountains
• inca
• inca-empire
• world-heritage-site
• unesco
• libertador
• coricancha
• temple-of-the-sun
• sacsayhuaman
• saqsaywaman
• ruins
• archiology
• plaza-de-armas
• cathedral

[teamtiopepe]

soy chileno y estoy enamorado de cuidades peruanas como el cusco, lima, machu pichu. son cuidades muy bellas y sus cuidadanos son muy amigables y simpaticos.

hermanos peruanos cuiden sus cuidades historicas, y digan no al odio entre nuestros paises, un afectuoso abrazo a todo el peru y en el verano visitare por segunda vez machu pichu.

[kevinmeza942]

cusco is the most bestiful city in south american

[allievictoria]

cusco here i come!

[jkbnumber1]

oops, i thought this was a Cusco song. hahahaha!