RELIGIOUS CIRCUIT CUSCO
Cusco, cultural heritage of humanity, not only has archaeological circuits but we can also find a religious circuit of Cusco. A circuit where you can visit nothing but churches, museums and most important temples of Cusco here we give you part of the history of the places that are visited in this religious circuit.
CUSCO CATHEDRAL
It is one of the architectural jewels of Cusco, built between 1560 and 1664 on the site of kiswar kancha, where the palace of the god Wiracocha used to be.
The cathedral of Cusco, has a large and vast collection of canvases of the Cusco school. Its structure is composed of a Latin cross, its facade by a Renaissance style, the interior of the cathedral of Cusco is finely decorated with pieces worked in cedar and alder wood. The main altar is finely covered with silver sheets, there is the image of the Virgin of the Assumption. In the cathedral there is another altar frequently visited by the Cusqueños is of the Lord of Unupunku (Water Gate). Place where you can appreciate a great collection of valuable paintings of the Cusco school, including a crucified Christ and the most striking is a painting of the last supper where the main dish is a guinea pig. A native animal of the highlands.
ARCHIEPISCOPAL MUSEUM
Built on the palace of the Inca, Inca Roca. Just one block from the main square.
It was founded in 1969 by José Orihuela Yábar, it has a large collection of religious art canvases. The vast collection of canvases were works of Juan Zapata and other masters of Andean painting. Its furniture, chapels, and decoration are from the colonial era.
CHURCH OF SAN BLASAS
The Temple of San Blas, is the oldest in the entire city of Cusco, built on an Inca sanctuary dedicated to the God of Lightning, lightning and thunder.
They say it was inaugurated in 1544, during the period of the second bishop of Cusco, Fray Juan Solano, and others say it was in 1559 by the viceroy Andres Hurtado de Mendoza.
Founded as an indigenous parish in 1572, as an initiative of the corregidor Juan Polo de Ondergardo, it chose the area of Tococache where the huacas of the Incas, Huiracocha, Túpac Yupanqui and Huayna Capac, were located.
CHURCH OF SAN CRISTOBAL
It was built on the hill Colcampata, on the initiative of Christopher Paullo, was a member of the Inca nobility and owner of the land of Colcampata. It was the first church that was built in Cusco, built in the sixteenth century had a second construction in the seventeenth century with the auspices of Bishop Mollinedo, where his coat of arms is on the lintel of the entrance door to the bell tower.
In the interior of this temple there are several paintings and the image of the Virgin in the central altar. In the lateral walls you can appreciate paintings of San Miguel archangel, the martyrdom of San Pedro, Salomé and Herodes, etc. And the one that stands out the most is the image of San Cristobal. From the temple of San Cristobal you can appreciate great part of the city of Cusco. O interior deste templo é notável pelas suas várias pinturas e pela imagem da Virgem Maria sobre o altar central. Nas paredes laterais pode apreciar pinturas de São Miguel Arcanjo, o martírio de São Pedro, Salomé e Herodes, etc. E a que mais se destaca é a imagem de San Cristóbal. Do templo de San Cristobal pode ver-se uma grande parte da cidade de Cusco.
Visit Cusco and enjoy this wonderful religious circuit of Cusco. And if you are looking for accommodation in Cusco, stay in our hotel Unaytambo which is just one block from the Qorikancha.
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