List of buildings and structures in Cusco

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View of Cusco in 1887.

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[]

They are listed with its names in the modern Quechua orthography.

Name Image Built Civilization who built it Source Location ID
Much of the Colonial constructions
used the city's Inca constructions as a base.		 112 - Cuzco - Juillet 2009.jpg Most in the 15th century. The pre-columbian re-design of the city (through a remodeling) is the work of Sapa Inca Pachakutiq Inca architecture [1] Cusco
Saqsaywaman 118 - Cuzco - Juillet 2009.jpg 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-)
(below and inside the Convent of Santo Domingo)
 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-) Saqsayhuaman1.jpg It is part of the set of Saqsaywaman (idem) Inca architecture [6][7] Two kilometers north of Cusco

Colonial buildings[]

Churches[]

The list is incomplete.

Name Image Built Architectural style Architect(s) Belonged to the religious order Source Location ID
Templo del Triunfo Templo de El Triunfo - Complejo de la Catedral de Cusco.jpg 1539-1664 Renaissance [8] Plaza de Armas (city's main square) CUS-047
Lascar Iglesia de San Blas (San Blas church) (Cuzco) (4578175980).jpg 1544-1563 (its interior decor was built in the late 17th century) (its extensively carved cedar pulpit is Churrigueresque) [9][10] Plazoleta de San Blas CUS-037
Ruins of the Convento de san Agustín.jpg 1556-1645 Order of Saint Augustine [11][12] Corner of Ruinas, San Agustín and Santa Mónica streets. No. 140, Mz. 15. CUS-079
Cusco Cathedral Catedral, Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31, DD 73.JPG 1560-1654 Renaissance (exterior),
Plateresque Gothic, Baroque (interior)		 Spanish Juan Miguel de Veramendi, criollo Juan Correa, Spanish Miguel Gutiérrez Sencio [8] Plaza de Armas (city's main square) CUS-028
Iglesia de San Sebastián - Cusco.jpg 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) [13][14] San Sebastián District CUS-088
Church of la Compañía de Jesús Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31, DD 51.JPG 1576-1668 Andean Baroque Flemish Jean-Baptiste Gilles, Diego Martínez de Oviedo (criollo) Society of Jesus [15][16] Plaza de Armas (city's main square) CUS-030
Vista calle Santa Clara al anochecer.jpg 1603-1650 Renaissance, Baroque A Greek friar, his hispanized name was "Manuel Pablo" [17][18] Calle Santa Clara CUS-043
Igreja de São Francisco, Cidade de Cusco, Peru. - panoramio.jpg 1645-1652 Romanesque, Plateresque (most of its interior is original although there are also some interior reconstructed areas). Franciscans [19][8][20] Plaza de San Francisco CUS-039
Iglesia y convento de Santa Catalina, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31, DD 72.JPG 1651-1669 [21] Calle Santa Catalina Angosta CUS-042
Basilica of La Merced Cusco - panoramio (9).jpg 1651-1696 Baroque, Renaissance (exterior),
Baroque, Neoclassical (interior)		 Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy [22][23] Plazoleta Espinar, Calle Mantas 121 CUS-033
Vista Iglesia San Cristóbal.jpg second half of 17th century Mannerism Marcos Uscamayta (an inca indigenous) [24] Calle Don Bosco at the west end of the Plaza del Colcampata on the Sacsayhuamán Hill CUS-038
Igreja de Santa Teresa, Cidade de Cusco, Peru - panoramio.jpg 1673-1676 Baroque Diego Martínez de Oviedo (criollo) Discalced Carmelites [8][25] Two blocks from the Plaza de Armas at the intersection of Siete Cuartones and Saphy streets. CUS-044
Iglesia de San Antonio Abad Cusco.jpg 1678-1692 (church) Andean Baroque [26][27] Plazoleta de las Nazarenas CUS-036
Convent of Santo Domingo Centro Histórico, Cusco, Peru - panoramio (9).jpg 1680-early 18th century Baroque several Dominican Order [8][28] Calle Arraniyoq CUS-046
Plazoleta Almudena 2.jpg 1683-1689 Baroque Juan Tomás Tuyru Túpac (an inca indigenous) [29] Plazoleta de Almudena, Santiago CUS-027
Lascar Iglesia de San Pedro (Cuzco) (4578184162).jpg 1688-1699 Andean Baroque, Renaissance Juan Tomas Tuyro Túpac (an inca indigenous) [30][8] Calle Cascaparo CUS-040
Templo de la Sagrada Familia Catedral, Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31, DD 78.JPG 1723-1735 Renaissance Spanish Francisco Becerra [31] CUS-031
Cementerio Almudena 7.jpg 1802 Baroque (It is today used as the La Almudena cemetery room incinerator.) Bishop Bartolomé María de las Heras [32][33] La Almudena General Cemetery CUS-023

Other buildings[]

Name Image Built Architectural style Architect(s) Source Location ID
Balconies of Cusco Cuzco Décembre 2007 - Balcons.jpg 16th-19th centuries Mudéjar, Baroque [34] Cusco
(also today it is the ) Casa Garcilaso.jpg late 16th century Andalusian architecture, Colonial Peruvian architecture, Inca architecture (the first floor of the front facade was remodelled in 1953 adding the arcades) [35][36] Calle Heladeros corner with calle Garcilaso CUS-061
(now it is the ) Altstadt Cusco Peru 64.jpg 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 [37] Calle Hatun Rumiyoq CUS-053
Hospital de la Almudena.jpg 1689-late 18th century Baroque (It was managed by the ) [37] Plazoleta de la Almudena, Santiago District CUS-027
Iglesia de San Juan de Dios Cusco.jpg 1615-1617 Renaissance (It was managed by the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God) [38] Calle Teatro, Calle Nueva CUS-052

Republican buildings (post-colonial)[]

Name Image Built Architectural style Architect(s) Source Location ID
(the entrance is the left building)
 1846-1850 Baroque, Neoclassical [39][32] Plazoleta de la Almudena, Santiago CUS-023

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