The San Francisco Church and Monastery, Cusco

The Franciscan Order was founded by Saint Francis, a native of Assisi in present-day Italy at the beginning of the 13th century; The Franciscans arrived at Qosqo in the first years of the conquest and settled in the current area of ??San Blas, then in the Plaza de las Nazarenas, in the old Qasana de […]

Minor Basilica de la Merced

The Church and Convent of La Merced is located in Cusco, and is one of the temples and monasteries that the order of the Mercedarians left in the Peruvian territory, and that today is considered a Minor Basilica de la Merced. According to historical records, the temple and convent of La Merced would be one […]

Church of the Society of Jesus, Cusco

The Church of the Society of Jesus is located in front of the Plaza de Armas in the city of Cusco. The temple is one of the Cusco Baroque churches, a style with which architecture reaches its highest peak. It is made with andesites and has a very beautiful facade. Its construction began in 1576 […]

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Considered the most emblematic representative of Hispanic-American miscegenation as a cultural process and as a stimulus for creation, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is also a paradigmatic example of Renaissance humanism inserted in (and in conflict with) the context of the conquest and colonization of America. This Library dedicated to the author, carried out within […]

Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo

The Qosqo Center of Native Art is the First Organization of Peru, founded in 1924, its purpose is the conservation and compilation of Folk Music and Dances of Peru. Currently, it has in its repertoire 50 dances, a large collection of traditional costumes and musical instruments. Its cast is made up of 70 artists and […]