Spanish: Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción del Cusco
Main facade of the Cusco Cathedral.
Religion
Affiliation
Catholic Church
Year consecrated
1668
Location
Location
Cusco, Peru
Architecture
Architect(s)
Juan Miguel de Veramendi, Juan Correa, Miguel Gutiérrez Sencio, Francisco Becerra
Type
Basilica
Style
Renaissance, late Gothic, Baroque, Plateresque
Groundbreaking
1249
Completed
1654
Specifications
Direction of façade
Southwest
Materials
Stone
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: City of Cusco
Type
Cultural
Criteria
iii, iv
Designated
1983 (7th session)
Reference no.
273
State Party
Peru
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
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The Cathedral of Cusco or Cathedral Basilica of the Virgin of the Assumption is the main temple of the city of Cusco, in Peru and houses the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Cusco. The Cathedral Basilica of Cusco, together with the Triunfo temple make up the Cathedral Complex, it is located in the northeast sector of the current Plaza de Armas of Cusco. In the place that, during the Inca period, was occupied by both the Suntor Wassi (lit. "Government House") and the Kisoarkancha or Palace of the eighth Inca Viracocha. The complex occupies an area of 3,920 square meters and is the most important religious monument in the Historic Center of Cusco.
Since 1972 the temple has been part of the Monumental Zone of Cusco declared as a Historical Monument of Peru.[1] Also, in 1983, being part of the historic center of the city of Cusco, it is part of the central zone declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Site.[2]
^Relación de Monumentos Históricos del Perú(PDF). Lima: National Institute of Culture of Peru. December 1999.
^"Ciudad del Cusco". UNESCO World Heritage Convention website.
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