🏛️ Culture in Cusco
Peru
About Cusco for Solo Travelers
The ancient capital of the Inca Empire — UNESCO World Heritage city and gateway to Machu Picchu.
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Museo Machu Picchu — Casa Concha
Culture
Home to over 300 artifacts excavated by Hiram Bingham from Machu Picchu in 1912 and returned from Yale University — an essential pre-visit to the citadel to understand what you're seeing. Located in a beautiful colonial mansion in the San Blas neighborhood.
📍Santa Catalina Ancha 320, Cusco
Qorikancha Temple
Culture
The most sacred temple of the Inca Empire — once covered in 700 sheets of pure gold, its extraordinary curved stonework forms the foundation of the colonial church of Santo Domingo built on top of it. The finest example of Inca masonry in Cusco.
📍Av. Sol s/n, Cusco