Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. In 2013, the city had a population of 435,114. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cuzco, its elevation is around 3,400 m.
The site was thehistoric capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the16th-century Spanish conquest. In 1983 Cusco was declared a WorldHeritage Site by UNESCO with the title “City of Cuzco”. Ithas become a major tourist destination, hosting nearly 2 millionvisitors a year. The Constitution of Peru designates it as theHistorical Capital of Peru.
(Pictures taken in 2007)
The State Visits - World Heritage Site 
Een gedachte over “Cusco”