"El ombligo del Mundo (World's Navel)" Cusco by andal13
Cusco Travel Guide: 1,054 reviews and 2,252 photos
Cusco (Q'osqo) is a beutiful old city hidden among high mountains. Its name means "World's Navel"; it was the capital of the Incan Empire, conquered by Spaniards. You can walk along narrow streets and find incan and colonial constructions, that guides you gently to the past.
Absolutely charming!
Cusco has a population of 300.000; 60% are catholics; the picture shows Plaza de Armas (Parade Ground) during the preliminaries of Black Friday's Procession.
Cusco (Q'osco) es una bella ciudad antigua escondida entre montañas. Su nombre significa "ombligo del mundo"; fue la capital del Imperio Incaico, conquistado por los españoles. Puedes caminar por sus callecitas y observar construcciones incas y coloniales, que te van llevando lentamente hacia el pasado.
Cusco tiene una población de 300.000 habitantes, el 60 % de los cuales practica el catolicismo; la foto muestra la Plaza de Armas durante los preparativos para la procesión de Viernes Santo.
- Pros:A place with Historical and human charms
- Cons:Few oxygen!
- In a nutshell:A meeting with History
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Muchas gracias andal13 por la informacion. Espero que mi visita al Peru sea muy agradable y que pueda comprar muchos regalos bonitas para mi familia.
Creia que el ombligo del mundo era Delphi... bueno, eso será para los griegos, supongo :-))
Cusco looks like a fantastic destination Andrea! It was interesting to read your tips about how the Inca were clever enough to build their buildings to withstand earthquakes! Very solid looking structures. A great page!
I am planning a trip to Peru in March an found your pages very helpful. I love that you did them bilingual. bravo!
Cusco and its Incan/Spanish past sound very intriguing, like that painting of the Last Supper with local food! Very interesting page!
When their world is mythical, not much oxygen is needed :-) Visiting in mid sep! Wanna have a VT meet? ;-)
Thank you for visiting my travel page with the LONGEST name ever!!!! Hey, I have a free ticket to South America and trying to figure out where to use it. Cusco sounds cool ! ;-)
A well done page. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Looks great! Would like to visit it!
Very helpful page. I hope to visit this September.