Amid the many splendors found in the Plaza de Armas, the sky-high La Catedral is one of Cusco's finest architectural displays. Constructed in the 1550s with stones stolen from Sacsayhuamán, the ...

According to legend, this plaza once marked the exact center of the Inca Empire, earning Cusco the nickname "the navel of the world." After Spanish conquistadors conquered the city in the early 1500s, ...

More than 400 years after the Spanish conquistadors executed the last of the Incan rulers, another mission has taken hold in Cusco, Peru: To preserve what’s left of the past while beautifying the ...

The Santo Domingo church in Cusco was built atop the remains of the Qorikancha temple. Photo Credit: Eric Moya The painting — one of many within the Cusco Cathedral, in the Peruvian city's Plaza de ...

Your journey starts in Cusco, a charming town sitting at an altitude of 11,150 feet (3,400m) that is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was the Incan capital for close to ...

While Machu Picchu certainly gets the lion’s share of attention when it comes to reasons to visit Peru, the captivating city of Cusco is another of the country’s standout attractions. Once the heart ...