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later being divided among the conqu rors and
the King of Spain.
· After the death of Atahualpa, Pizarro started
for Cuzco, where he arrived November
15th,
11533.
Here the conquerors were entertained by
Manco II, legitimate successor of Huascar, and
heir of the Inca Empire, in a spacious edifice
\\'hich is now the Cathedral and the Church of
Triumph. In March,
1534,
Pizarro took formal
possession of Cuzco in the name of the King of
Spain, Charles V, and founded the new city with
the customary Spanish
f
orimalities. From this
period dates the colonial history of the city.
Allotments of lands and building sites were
tnade among all those conquerors who establish–
ed ho es · Cuzco, they being not only the most
distinguished on account of their participation
in the wa
ut as w 11 through 'th ir noble origin.
lJpon the sites of the former dwel1ings and build–
ings of the Incas were constructed the new Span–
ish edifices, ancient Cuzco being almost entirely
destroyed by the newcomers during the process.
Great huildings of hewn stone, such as
f
orts,
sanctuaries and palaces, were destroyed, in order
that the materials might be used in the building
of Catholic temples. The Cathedral, the Church of
the Compañía, and all the monastic and private
houses were built with the stones of the ancient
constructions of the natives. Thus arose Colonial
Cuzco upon the ruins
of
the Cuzco of the Incas.
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