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cuzco;

1 .

'.ÍIRE

fu.strOR!OAL

A.~D

MONUM11lNTAL

CITY OF

PERU

Su;1·o~n1ed

'by

all t hese plax:es ' the "rnoos built their palace::;,

instih

;hcn

s, places of worship, parks, (rum•ong which latter wera

Hua: ,,

t.ti

;aita and. Cusipata,

sim~lar

to tbe prooemt Plazá. de A.r–

mas,

1....td.

Regocijo. Many person·s Jiave maintained that tfüe presemt

Pla.zas de San F:rnncisco, Regocijo and Armas formad duiring the

+,ime of the In\.as one entire padc, but the re.maius of ancient walls

as well as of botb banks of tJie Rio Huat-arn<ai give some

dou.bt

this. It is certaiaJ that the two original and nearly

adjoini

paTks were of about the same size.

COLONIAL PERIOD:-

.At tbe time of

r' h

Francisco Piza.rro and

day a11d date of

thefGJ~;:t;;;';~

ajllJ!:Il!arca.

the 24th of Marcb, HJS-4,

e I<n'ma1ly took

!\se-ssi

-of the city,

in the presenee of P. Valvei:de, Judge Pedro Sa,ncho, Juan Pizarro,

Gabriel <le Rojas

~md

FrandS'co Godoi. On this same day the city

was .given tbe name of "La Mui N<0ble i Gran Ciudad del Cuzeo ".

On July 19, 1540, Empei,or Carlos V a uthorized the iesuance of a

Coat of Arms for rtbe

City,

described as : A Oastle of gold, with

a colorecl ba:ckgrounid and surrou

nde1d b

y eight condl()Ul'S, r·epre–

sewting the national bir·d of Peru.

Ttb.en

was t11e beghming of tha

transformation of I ncaica Cuzco,

with th

e destruction of many of

i·t& monuments, tombs, paJaces, etc.

The

pala~es

of the Incas were eonvel'ted by the eonquerors

into private r esidences, eonvents or mouasteries; new s-tre&ts were

laid out; promenades were done away wi-th, and in many eaises

walls and buildings were desrtroyed. The stones of Saicesaihuamán