Anna says: C16 capital of Incas, with fairly well preserved ruins, streets & walls . Turned into baroque town by Conquistadors, which is largely what you see now. Centre of Inca tourism with an airport, good restaurants & hotels. You can walk to the Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman which is spectacularly large. Day tour take you to Tambo Machay and obviously Machu Picchu.
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 agricultural, artisan and industrial production. When the Spaniards conquered it in the 16th century, they preserved the basic structure but built Baroque churches and palaces over the ruins of the Inca city.
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