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.

View of Cusco in 1887.

Pre-Columbian buildings

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

NameImageBuiltCivilization who built itSourceLocationID
Much of the Colonial constructions
used the city's Inca constructions as a base.		Most in the 15th century. The pre-columbian re-design of the city (through a remodeling) is the work of Sapa Inca PachakutiqInca architecture[1]Cusco
Saqsaywaman1100-early 16th centuryKillke 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 ArraniyoqCUS-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

Colonial buildings

Churches

The list is incomplete.

NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)Belonged to the religious orderSourceLocationID
Templo del Triunfo1539-1664Renaissance[8]Plaza de Armas (city's main square)CUS-047
Church of San Blas1544-1563 (its interior decor was built in the late 17th century)(its extensively carved cedar pulpit is Churrigueresque)[9][10]Plazoleta de San BlasCUS-037
Ruins of the Convent of San Agustín1556-1645Order of Saint Augustine[11][12]Corner of Ruinas, San Agustín and Santa Mónica streets. No. 140, Mz. 15.CUS-079
Cusco Cathedral1560-1654Renaissance (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
Church of San Sebastián1572-1799Baroque (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 DistrictCUS-088
Church of la Compañía de Jesús1576-1668Andean BaroqueFlemish Jean-Baptiste Gilles, Diego Martínez de Oviedo (criollo)Society of Jesus[15][16]Plaza de Armas (city's main square)CUS-030
Monastery of Santa Clara1603-1650Renaissance, BaroqueA Greek friar, his hispanized name was "Manuel Pablo"Franciscan Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament[17][18]Calle Santa ClaraCUS-043
Church of San Francisco de Asís1645-1652Romanesque, Plateresque (most of its interior is original although there are also some interior reconstructed areas).Franciscans[19][8][20]Plaza de San FranciscoCUS-039
Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena1651-1669Dominican Nuns Order[21]Calle Santa Catalina AngostaCUS-042
Basilica of La Merced1651-1696Baroque, Renaissance (exterior),
Baroque, Neoclassical (interior)		Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy[22][23]Plazoleta Espinar, Calle Mantas 121CUS-033
Church of San Cristóbalsecond half of 17th centuryMannerismMarcos Uscamayta (an inca indigenous)[24]Calle Don Bosco at the west end of the Plaza del Colcampata on the Sacsayhuamán HillCUS-038
Monastery of San José y Santa Teresa1673-1676BaroqueDiego 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
Church and Seminary of Saint Anthony the Abbot1678-1692 (church)Andean Baroque[26][27]Plazoleta de las NazarenasCUS-036
Convent of Santo Domingo1680-early 18th centuryBaroqueseveralDominican Order[8][28]Calle ArraniyoqCUS-046
Church of la Almudena1683-1689BaroqueJuan Tomás Tuyru Túpac (an inca indigenous)Order of the Brothers of Bethlehem[29]Plazoleta de Almudena, SantiagoCUS-027
Church of San Pedro1688-1699Andean Baroque, RenaissanceJuan Tomas Tuyro Túpac (an inca indigenous)[30][8]Calle CascaparoCUS-040
Templo de la Sagrada Familia1723-1735RenaissanceSpanish Francisco Becerra[31]CUS-031
Central Chapel of Santo Roma1802Baroque (It is today used as the La Almudena cemetery room incinerator.)Bishop Bartolomé María de las Heras[32][33]La Almudena General CemeteryCUS-023

Other buildings
NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)SourceLocationID
Balconies of Cusco16th-19th centuriesMudéjar, Baroque[34]Cusco
House of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (also today it is the Museo Histórico Regional del Cusco)late 16th centuryAndalusian 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 GarcilasoCUS-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[37]Calle Hatun RumiyoqCUS-053
Hospital of la Almudena1689-late 18th centuryBaroque (It was managed by the Order of the Brothers of Bethlehem)[37]Plazoleta de la Almudena, Santiago DistrictCUS-027
Hospital and Convent of San Juan de Dios1615-1617Renaissance (It was managed by the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God)[38]Calle Teatro, Calle NuevaCUS-052

Republican buildings (post-colonial)
NameImageBuiltArchitectural styleArchitect(s)SourceLocationID
La Almudena General Cemetery
(the entrance is the left building)
1846-1850Baroque, Neoclassical[39][32]Plazoleta de la Almudena, SantiagoCUS-023

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