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CttZCó:

É.!S'l

'ORíC.AL

ANn

CI

TY OF P

ERU

were utilized for the building of the temples, the Oat·hedral, etc.

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and whait still remains is the part found

to

bé im¡possible for re·

work or even

to

dismantle.

The Colonial modus viv!mdi was

ait

times Clani·sh; at other

times t'hey mixed witJi and H.ved more or less as the In:cas. There

is therefore now noted the result

in

ma1,1y particul'ars of the city,

The de.can•dence of Cuz;oo bsgan a few years af.ter the installa·

tion of the Virreinafo. It followed a.s the seat of civil warfare,

disorders and in_trigues, and the abandoning

o.f

the <lity of the fu·

ture founders of Tucamán, <the settlers of Dorado, the de>oted

Archbishops and the r eibe.Ilious Incas. At this time there were

executed Los AlmSJgro,

the

two Thuipac.c Amaru,

the Puma

~coo.hua,

and other martyrs of the war .and revolutiona:r>y factions.

Flollowing these incidents there was noted a great decrease in the

ciJty

'IS

pop111ation and for-ces. The visitor can still see and study

the remain'S' of these grand and memoriable monuments.

The foregoing notes olil social a,n.d <politiical Cuzco are made

for the ind'o

~

and guidance of.

the

visitor making a ehort

stay in Cuz o. Fol ow)m,g are details on the ruirus and

;prine~al

points of intere&t:

del pe

,

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