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the Salas and Valdez, descendants of the con–
queror Juan Salas y V1aldez.
The house on Garcilazo street is today oc–
cupied by a commercial house and has no further
interest as it has been totally rebuilt.
That on Santa T·eresa street, however,
is
still of colonial 1architecture. The stairways of
this house are adorned with paintings depicting
the origin of this family.
House of Concha.
On Santa
Catali~a
Street, where today
ar~
located the stores
uf
the Italian mercliant, Calvo,
is
the house which belonged to don
l\1a:rtín
Con–
cha, who
pl~
d
a
nnost im2ortant par in the
revolution of
1814
as he wa hen
trie
Governor
of
Cuzco.
This house possesses great architectural
value, and among its noteworthy features may
be
menti·oned the exquisitely carved balcony of
the faoade-unique in Cuzco.
The Houses of Pizarro.
There are today no traces left of the houses
of the · Pizarro family, but a little information as
to the sites which they once occupied may be of
interest.
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