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noun - a town in the Andes in southern Peru
CUZCO - Cusco (Spanish: Cuzco, [kusko]; Quechua: Qusqu, Qosqo, IPA: [qsq]), often spelled Cuzco (), is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley ...
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This Inca capital lies between the Urubamba & Apurimac, two Amazon tributaries |
In 1533 Hernando de Soto joined Francisco Pizarro in taking this Incan capital & nearly lost his life in an ambush |
The Incas called their area Tawantinsuyu, The Land of the 4 Quarters, with this Peruvian city as its center |
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a Spanish-architecture courtyard.) I'm in this Peruvian city, once the capital of an empire, & one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the western hemisphere |
The name of this city taken by Pizarro in 1533 is derived from Quechuan words meaning "rock of the owl" |
Silver & gold plates covered the walls of Coricancha, a temple in this Incan capital |
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) In 1500, it took over a week to cover the 50 miles on the Inca Trail, from here, the capital of the Incas, to the retreat of Machu Picchu |
In the 15th century the Inca conquered the Chimu Empire & moved its people to this capital |
The Prefecture, the palace of Pizarro, still stands in this southern Peru city known for its Incan remains |
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a town in the Andes in southern Peru formerly the capital of the Inca empire |
A city in the Andes in southern Peru population 348,900 (est. 2007). It was the capital of the Inca empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533. |
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Cuzco, Loja, ECUADOR |
Cuzco, Cusco, PERU |
Cuzco, San Martin, PERU |
Cuzco, INDIANA, UNITED STATES |
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Cusco (Spanish: Cuzco, [kusko]; Quechua: Qusqu, Qosqo, IPA: [qsq]), often spelled Cuzco (), is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. In 2013, the city had a population of 435,114. Located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cuzco, its elevation is around 3,400 m (11,200 ft). * The site was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the 16th-century Spanish conquest. In 1983 Cusco was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It has become a major tourist destination, hosting nearly 2 million visitors a year. The Constitution of Peru designates it as the Historical Capital of Peru. In 1983 Cusco was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO with the title "City of Cuzco". |