Avenida Garcilaso through time

Cusco 1980–2023 20 photos of this spot

20 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Cusco, spanning 1980–2023. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

A street in Cusco, photographed in 1980, in a city whose colonial-era buildings were constructed directly atop the stone foundations of the former Inca capital.

EU: gata, fotografi, photograph [116040] (1980) 1980 A street in Cusco, photographed in 1980, in a city whose colonial-era buildings were constructed directly atop the stone foundations of the former Inca capital.

Avenida Garcilaso 2013 Avenida Garcilaso in Cusco, Peru, is named for Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the sixteenth-century chronicler born in the city to a Spanish conquistador and an Inca noblewoman.

Parque Orellana Pumaqchupan - Cusco - Peru - puentecito 2013 A small footbridge in Parque Orellana, or Pumaqchupan, in Cusco, Peru, a square whose Quechua name refers to the traditional puma-shaped plan of the Inca city.

Cusco 2013 A street view of Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire high in the Peruvian Andes, whose colonial buildings were largely raised on Inca stone foundations.

Cusco 2013 A 2013 photograph taken in Cusco, the city high in the Peruvian Andes that once served as the capital of the Inca Empire.

Cusco 2013 Another 2013 view of Cusco, Peru, the historic Andean city and former Inca capital, situated at an elevation of over 3,000 meters in the Sacred Valley region.

Cusco 2013 A further 2013 photograph from Cusco, Peru, whose old town retains much of its Inca stonework beneath later Spanish colonial-era buildings.

Detalle avenida garcilaso 2 2013 Avenida Garcilaso runs through Cusco, Peru, a city built atop the former capital of the Inca Empire and reshaped by Spanish colonial architecture after the conquest of the 1530s. This detail was photographed in 2013.

Cusco 2013 Taken in 2013, this photograph shows a scene in Cusco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire set high in the Andes and now known for its mix of Inca stonework and Spanish colonial buildings.

Detalle avenida garcilaso 3 2013 A detail along Avenida Garcilaso in Cusco, Peru, photographed in 2013. The street is named for Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the 16th-century chronicler born in Cusco to an Inca noblewoman and a Spanish conquistador.

Cusco 2013 A 2013 photograph taken in Cusco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire and now a UNESCO World Heritage city. Cusco sits high in the Andes at over 3,300 meters above sea level.

Cusco 2013 Cusco, Peru, photographed in 2013. Spanish colonizers built much of the city's core directly atop Inca stone foundations after conquering the Inca capital in 1533.

Cusco 2013 Another 2013 view of Cusco, Peru, whose historic center still shows precise Inca stonework beneath colonial-era buildings and churches built after the Spanish conquest of 1533.

Cusco 2013 A 2013 street view in Cusco, Peru, the city built by the Spanish atop the foundations of the former Inca capital.

Cusco 2013 Cusco, Peru, photographed in 2013; the city's colonial-era core sits directly over Inca stonework in the Andean highlands.

Cusco 2013 A 2013 photograph taken in Cusco, Peru, once the capital of the Inca Empire before Spanish colonization.

Cusco 2013 A 2013 photograph taken in Cusco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire and now a UNESCO World Heritage city noted for its Inca foundations and colonial-era architecture.

Orellana Pumaqchupan Park 2018 A large carved stone disc at Orellana Pumaqchupan Park in Cusco, Peru, echoing Inca stonework traditions in this former capital of the Inca Empire. Photographed in 2018.

Parque Orellana Pumaqchupan 06 2023 Pumaqchupan, meaning 'tail of the puma' in Quechua, refers to the part of central Cusco where the Tullumayo and Huatanay rivers meet, an area tied to the city's traditional puma-shaped layout. This photograph of the park was taken in 2023.

Paccha del Parque Orellana Pumaqchupan 08 2023 A paccha, or stone water fountain, stands in Parque Orellana in the Pumaqchupan area of Cusco, pictured in this 2023 photograph of the former Inca capital's historic surroundings.