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CUZCO:
THE
Hl$TORIOAL
AND
MONUMENTAL
CITY OF
PERU
CANCHA,
descendents
of tbe
Inca Yupanqui,
sueeessors
ot
P acbaccutccc. The Spanish for ces were quartc:ed therein on the
nigbt of the 15t·h .of Novmnber, 1533, when Pizarro arrived. On the
residences and ato.res of
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both streets
will
still be found ruins of
Incaic walls, corners and foundations .
It
is a fact that one Iooaic
pal ace occupied the entire of one of the present swburbs.
SANTA <;!ATALINA,
CO VE TO DE MO JAS,
ANTIGUA AOLLA HUASI e CASA DE LAS ESCOGIDAS.
Located one square to the south of the Plaza.
It
was
formerly
the Oonvent of the Acllas " escogidas" (or selected ones) ; aJso
called Inti cr -chiuan
(hemhre~
del
ol) or Punchau-china (hembra
del dí-a) . The Acll ,
elected frQm
he principal cities of
t-he Empira roy·al
él
e ore
he time
of
Acllas and for a
period of three
)'C
t
the M:a:macilna , t)lere was taught the
art of ueedlawork, samp
of wbiéh may be s en
in
the Temple.
SHORT TRIPS AND PLACES OF INTEREST: -
From S1tn–
to Domingo, a sulrnrb, the trip is made gene_rally by the
calle
Santa Agustin. This i
a long
treet terminating in San
ri tóbal
(Ccolcampata), and in it will be noted the ruins and indications
of Incaie walls. Pirincipally
wm
be noted those of the paJaces of
P uca Marea, on the left leading
to the Plaza de Armas
and of
H 'atun R ua
i,
to tbe right. On this
treet i
also a palaee of the
Colonial period, today oceupied by the
a a Comercial de
a!lvo y
Cía, well p1·eserved but to a certain extent restored. A liurge ba.Jcony
fro nts t he street and in the interior will be found a spacious patio.
in Incaiic arcihitecture. This str et was formerly called Pellota, aud
the palace mention d belonged to the
on1des d Vi ta Florida. In it
lived the last
olonial Intendent of
uzco, don Martín Pío Conch<1.,
taken priwner during the i·evolution of 1814, undru- Angulo.
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