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CUSCO THE CITY
Kind and hospitable, the city of
Cusco is the capital of the
department with the same name, and a
cosmopolite city that is oriented to
tourism.
It was the capital of the
Tahuantinsuyo Empire, a sacred city
and the government center of the
four wide regions making up the
splendid Incan Empire, which ended
up comprising a great part of the
current territories of Ecuador,
Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Chile.
It holds the titles of: "Archaeological
Capital of America", "Cultural
Heritage of the Humanity" besides
being the "Historical Capital of
Peru".
According to some chroniclers,
during its first centuries it was
known as Akamama, which means "Mother
of Chicha" (chicha = a type of
fermented corn beer). Once it became
the capital of the Tahuantinsuyo, it
was called Cusco, a name that
derives from the Quechua word Qosqo,
which in Spanish means "navel" or "center".
It was Inca Garcilazo de la Vega who
defined it as the "Center or navel
of the world".
After the Spanish invasion, in 1533,
the name turned into Cuzco, a
contemptuous word that meant "hypocrite",
"hunchbacked" and "small dog". This
constituted an attempt to minimize
or satirize the city's significance.
However, at the end of the XX
Century, an important social
movement struggled so this old city
could maintain its original name,
and on June 20th 1990, Qosqo was
declared the official name.
Cusco is a territory of encounters
that served as a support for the
development of certain cultures that
are as important as the Incan
culture itself. However, it is also
a sort of geographical hinge, a gate
among the mountains, the Amazonian
jungle and the large Andean high
plateau, which explains its ecologic
diversity and the backgrounds'
contrast. Its great mountains are
mixed with high tablelands,
undulating pampas, deep valleys and
Amazonian plains.
Despite having all the services to
fully satisfy the demands from the
enormous flow of tourists that visit
it, the supply decreases in the
provinces and surroundings, so we
recommend you to get all your
provisions in the department's
capital.
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Calle
Triunfo, 392 Off.210
Arte Inka Shoping Center - Cusco -
Peru
Phono: +51-84-235190
Cell.:
+51-84-984-606757
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