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
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. | Most in the 15th century. The pre-columbian re-design of the city is the work of Sapa Inca Pachakutiq | Inca architecture | Cusco | |||
Saqsaywaman | 1100-early 16th century | Killke culture, Inca architecture | Two kilometers north of Cusco | |||
Remains of the Qurikancha | It was started to be built by the Ayarmacas, remodelled by Sapa Inca Pachakutiq | Inca architecture | Calle Arraniyoq | CUS-046 | ||
Base of the Muyuq Marka Tower | It is part of the set of Saqsaywaman | Inca architecture | Two kilometers north of Cusco |
Colonial buildings
Churches
The list is incomplete.Name | Image | Built | Architectural style | Architect | Belonged to the religious order | Source | Location | ID |
Templo del Triunfo | 1539-1664 | Renaissance | Plaza de Armas | CUS-047 | ||||
Church of San Blas | 1544-1563 | Plazoleta de San Blas | CUS-037 | |||||
Ruins of the Convent of San Agustín | 1556-1645 | Order of Saint Augustine | Corner of Ruinas, San Agustín and Santa Mónica streets. No. 140, Mz. 15. | CUS-079 | ||||
Cusco Cathedral | 1560-1654 | Renaissance, Plateresque Gothic, Baroque | Spanish Juan Miguel de Veramendi, criollo Juan Correa, Spanish Miguel Gutiérrez Sencio | Plaza de Armas | CUS-028 | |||
Church of San Sebastián | 1572-1799 | Baroque | San Sebastián District | CUS-088 | ||||
Church of la Compañía de Jesús | 1576-1668 | Andean Baroque | Flemish Jean-Baptiste Gilles, Diego Martínez de Oviedo | Society of Jesus | Plaza de Armas | 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 | Calle Santa Clara | CUS-043 | ||
Church of San Francisco de Asís | 1645-1652 | Romanesque, Plateresque. | Franciscans | Plaza de San Francisco | CUS-039 | |||
Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena | 1651-1669 | Dominican Nuns Order | Calle Santa Catalina Angosta | CUS-042 | ||||
Basilica of La Merced | 1651-1696 | Baroque, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical | Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy | Plazoleta Espinar, Calle Mantas 121 | CUS-033 | |||
Church of San Cristóbal | second half of 17th century | Mannerism | Marcos Uscamayta | 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 | Discalced Carmelites | 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 | Andean Baroque | Plazoleta de las Nazarenas | CUS-036 | ||||
Convent of Santo Domingo | 1680-early 18th century | Baroque | several | Dominican Order | Calle Arraniyoq | CUS-046 | ||
Church of la Almudena | 1683-1689 | Baroque | Juan Tomás Tuyru Túpac | Order of the Brothers of Bethlehem | Plazoleta de Almudena, Santiago | CUS-027 | ||
Church of San Pedro | 1688-1699 | Andean Baroque, Renaissance | Juan Tomas Tuyro Túpac | Calle Cascaparo | CUS-040 | |||
Templo de la Sagrada Familia | 1723-1735 | Renaissance | Spanish Francisco Becerra | CUS-031 | ||||
Central Chapel of Santo Roma | 1802 | Baroque | Bishop Bartolomé María de las Heras | La Almudena General Cemetery | CUS-023 |