Cusco Plaza de Armas through time

Cusco 1980–2023 32 photos of this spot

32 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 1980 street view in Cusco, Peru, where narrow lanes still trace something of the grid laid out by Inca planners centuries before Spanish colonization reshaped the city.

EU: gata, fotografi, photograph (1980) 1980 A 1980 street view in Cusco, Peru, where narrow lanes still trace something of the grid laid out by Inca planners centuries before Spanish colonization reshaped the city.

EU: ruin, fästning, fotografi, photograph (1980) 1980 Inca stone ruins near Cusco, Peru, photographed in 1980. The precision-cut masonry typical of such sites has allowed many walls in the region to survive largely intact for over five centuries.

EU: fästning, ruin, fotografi, photograph (1980) 1980 A fortified Inca ruin in the Cusco area of Peru, pictured in 1980, part of a wider network of sites built around the old Inca capital for defense and ceremonial use.

EU: street, photography, ph (1980) 1980 A Cusco street photographed in 1980, showing the mix of Inca stonework foundations and Spanish colonial buildings characteristic of Peru's former Inca capital and a familiar sight for visitors to the city.

Cusco, Peru 2007 Cusco, once the capital of the Inca Empire high in the Peruvian Andes, later became a center of Spanish colonial architecture built directly atop Inca stone foundations.

La Catedral, en Plaza de Armas del Cuzco 2007 The Cathedral of Cusco on the city's Plaza de Armas, photographed in 2007. Built over more than a century beginning in the 16th century, the cathedral incorporates stone taken from the nearby Inca fortress of Sacsayhuamán.

Cusco - katedrála - La Compaňia de Jesus 2008 This 2008 photograph shows the Jesuit church of La Compania de Jesus on Cusco's Plaza de Armas, built in the seventeenth century atop the foundations of an Inca palace once belonging to Huayna Capac.

Cuzco cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 2011 The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Cusco, Peru, photographed in 2011. Constructed over roughly a century beginning in the mid-1500s, the cathedral stands on the site of a former Inca palace on the city's main square.

Statue of Pachacútec in Plaza de Armas Cusco,-1 2011 A 2011 view of the monument to Pachacutec standing above Cusco's Plaza de Armas. The statue commemorates the Inca ruler credited with transforming Cusco into the capital of the Inca Empire.

Cusco, Pachacutec statue in Plaza de Armas , l'Inca 2011 A statue of the Inca ruler Pachacutec stands in Cusco's Plaza de Armas, Peru, photographed in 2011.

Cusco Capilla de la Santa Familia 2011 The Chapel of the Holy Family, Capilla de la Santa Familia, in Cusco, Peru, photographed in 2011.

Cusco, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción 2011 The church of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion in the Cusco region of Peru, photographed in 2011.

Cusco.- Pérou le marche San Pedro 2011 The San Pedro market in Cusco, Peru, a busy traditional market near the city's historic centre, photographed in 2011.

Cuzco, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción WLM 2011 Another view of the church of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion near Cusco, Peru, photographed in 2011.

Statue de Pachacútec Avenida San Martín Cusco 2011 A statue of the Inca ruler Pachacutec stands along Avenida El Sol in Cusco in this 2011 photograph; Pachacutec is widely credited with transforming the Inca state into a major empire in the 15th century.

Cusco.- Pérou le marche San Pedro 2011 Cusco's San Pedro Market, a covered marketplace completed in 1925 to a design associated with Gustave Eiffel's engineering firm, still serving as one of the city's main produce and crafts markets today.

Peru - Cusco 018 - Plaza de Armas panorama 2012 This 2012 panorama shows the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru, the historic main square of the former Inca capital, later rebuilt with Spanish colonial arcades and churches.

Peru - Cusco 019 - Iglesia de la Compañia de Jesús 2012 The Church of the Society of Jesus (Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus) on Cusco's Plaza de Armas, pictured in 2012. The Jesuit-built church, completed in the late 17th century, stands opposite the city's cathedral.

Placo de Armas (Kusko) 04 2014 The Plaza de Armas of Cusco, Peru, the central square of the former Inca capital, photographed in 2014.

Peru and Cusco flags 2016 Cusco flies its own rainbow-striped municipal flag alongside the red-and-white flag of Peru, a common pairing across the city that predates its resemblance to the international pride flag. This 2016 photograph shows the two banners together in Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire.

Plaza de armas del Cusco, vista 360 2017 This 2017 image surveys the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, the central square of the former capital of the Inca Empire and the heart of the city's Spanish colonial-era architecture.

Vista 360 plaza del Cusco, Iglesia 2017 A view toward the cathedral on Cusco's main plaza, photographed in 2017. The colonial-era church stands on ground that once held Inca structures at the ceremonial center of the Inca Empire.

Catedral del Cusco, Cusco, Peru 2017 Cusco Cathedral, on the city's Plaza de Armas, is pictured in 2017. Construction began in 1560 using stone taken partly from the nearby Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman, on a site that had once held an Inca palace.

Vista 360 del tempro de La Sagrada Familia en el Cusco 2017 A parish church known locally as La Sagrada Familia stands in Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire high in the Peruvian Andes. Taken in 2017, this image offers a wide view of the building and its surroundings in a city renowned for blending Inca stonework with Spanish colonial architecture.

Altstadt Cusco Peru 67 2018 Red tile roofs cover the colonial buildings of Cusco's old town, Peru, rising up the hillside above a paved square. Once the capital of the Inca Empire, Cusco's historic center blends Inca stonework with Spanish colonial architecture.

Cusco Plaza de Armas 2018 Cusco's Plaza de Armas, the city's central square, is lined with colonial arcades and churches built atop the foundations of Inca palaces, a legacy of the city's history as capital of the Inca Empire. Photographed in 2018.

Catedral del Cusco 03 2023 Another view of Cusco Cathedral, the Baroque basilica that dominates the city's central Plaza de Armas and was built over more than a century beginning in the 16th century on the site of an Inca palace. Photographed in 2023.

Fachada del Museo Inka 01 2023 The Museo Inka in Cusco is housed in the colonial-era Casa del Almirante and holds a collection of Inca and pre-Inca artifacts. This photograph shows its façade in 2023.

Calle del Medio N° 109, Núcleo Histórico (fachada) 2023 A building facade on Calle del Medio in Cusco's historic núcleo, photographed in 2023. The street sits within the former Inca capital's colonial-era core, built largely atop pre-Hispanic stone walls.

Fachada Colegio San Borja, Cusco 04 2023 The facade of Colegio San Borja, one of Cusco's long-established schools, appears in this 2023 photograph taken in the city's historic center, the former capital of the Inca Empire and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Fuente Colegio San Francisco de Borja 02 2023 A fountain at the Colegio San Francisco de Borja appears in this 2023 photograph, taken in Cusco's historic quarter, home to one of the city's long-established schools.

Fachada del Museo Inka 02 2023 The facade of the Museo Inka, Cusco's museum of Inca and pre-Inca artifacts, is shown in this 2023 photograph. The museum occupies a colonial-era mansion in the historic center, a district where such buildings commonly rest on earlier Inca stonework.