Cusco

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Cusco

2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Cusco.

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UNESCO sites in Cusco

  • City of CuzcoCultural · 1983 · 2 km

    Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler Pachacutec, into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and administrative functions. It was surrounded by clearly delineated areas for agricu…

  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road SystemCultural · 2014 · 4 km

    This site is an extensive Inca communication, trade and defence network of roads covering 30,000 km. Constructed by the Incas over several centuries and partly based on pre-Inca infrastructure, this extraordinary network…

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