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'H!STORIC.A'L " :

.A.ND

"MóNúMEN'11.A.L

CITY '

OF PE

wberein

the S¡panish

t~oops ~tayed

on the first night

of theit

arrival

att

Cuzco.

The !l!ppearan·ce of the _Plaza mu t haive been impressive at

that time, ju·dgin.g frOIJll the maTks stíll to be seen.

thh same Plata there was erect d the sca.fifo]d for the be–

heading of the last 1nc"!l. of Vilcabaanba, Thúpacc Amaru,

1572.

On Mte swme scaffoM it wais a practiee to seize an Incan on

whateveT preteA"lt, hang hiirn by ·the neck, :put heavy weigbts to his

feet an·d wben bis botly

was in

a stretched position to cut off bis

hewd a1bd place in

011

near.by

pole, meamvJiile

erenely contem·

plating

the Vineá. Fra

ncisco d

e Toledq from the Palace of the

University. 'l'wo centurias aftenYards t here was executed

the

same Pla,za wit'h greater cruelty,

the other Thúpacc Amaru, a

direct descendent of the former mention ed. The chief of the r evo·

l'lltionarie·s wgainst th. Spanish was likewise executed

in the

Plnza, sitretched •hetween four

orsea

one to each member of

bis body.

In th e center

·O

a '

1l.

bronze

repr-ese tid.g

d Skin

donated to Cuz,co

ibY.

anue

!Pard<0.

THE UNIVERSITY:-

Occ1.11pied by the· ea tern part of Amaru Cancha, former palace

of H uaina Kccli.1)aic.

o-thin.g re'Jl'Jains of its Incaic •history. On the

anival of ·the Spaniard

the local.Lty was violated. Afterwards and

while the J esuita reanained in Ouz-co, the present lcx:ation of the

University was the s.Lte of a <:>ollege all'd novitiate. Fo1lowing the

e. pulsion of the J esuita in 1767 it served generaJly as quarters for