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CUZCO:
TRE
HISTORICAL
AND
MONUMENTAL
CITY OF PERU
were the homes of the Conquerors reconstructed
in
the 17th
Century after the earthquake. .Aimong t hese ·houses, on the street
leading to Santa Teresa and the Plaza del Regocijo (or del
Ca.
tildo) will be seen one, the upper part of which is decorated
by
seven lions in stone work - an Incaic house of two storeys.
'l'h~
present owner is señor Eleazar Velarde.
La Plaza del Regocijo. - Near the main Plaza, was fo:rmerly
known as the Plaza de Cusí
Pa.ta(joy walk) - on aooount
of u
being the locality of celebrations not of a religious character.
Th e site of the present prefectura, with its stone arches
and
columns
1
front th Plaza and is o;f Ineaic origin, and the idea of its
constructi n a well a i
ar~hitect
is w1known.
It
is ca
a
ldo (
<)
<bhapt r
l:if
t1l
church) because it
wat
used a
u
li .
t
Colouja-1
in
the
J.
7th
Ceut111ry. In the
fust
years of the aili:nini tra i
n,
o.f
th
Repu'blic
of
Perú
it
wa8
utilize4
as the Pr
Ou tlie corner
l:le d
oca and Cabiqda
is
11
modern hous fronting the !\laza aud alle de Heladeros. 'l'his
w111
tibe
1
hooue
of
th e Co.uqueror Garcilaso de la eg.a, w.here there
was
born on the 12th of Aipri l 15i!,9 his son, a uoted historian, IJarei
laso de la Vegn. The moth er was called Palla Isabel,
cou~in
of
Huaina Kccápacc.
Tbe Plaza
pe
Cu ipata was durin g t he timti of the eonqullS
according to Garcilaiso, the
1'1'.
•c,a'.,u or market. place.
In the calle de Coca, leading to au Frauei co, wm be seen man
small balconies in wood-work, ( orne resto1 ecl b ui; ot·hers original,
of the Colonial period.
Calle del Marqués. - Leading from La Merced to San Fr
cisco is a street called Mar<¡ué&, so callad on account of one of
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