Cusco.. the imperial city in Peru

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Qassemi - Peru is known for having a group of the most important monuments in the world in general and in the Americas in particular. These monuments belong to one of the Andean civilizations, which is the Inca civilization.

The city of Cusco, or as it is pronounced by its inhabitants in the local Quechua language, Cusco, as it is pronounced in the language of the Quechua people, also known as the "imperial city" is one of the most famous historical and tourist cities in Peru , located in the southeast of the country near the Urubamba Valley.

Cusco today is the capital of the province of Cuzco, and it was previously the capital of the well-known Inca Empire, then settled by the Spaniards starting in 1533 until it was officially established on March 23 of the year 1534, and a new city was built on the ruins of the old capital of the Incas.

Since the 1990s, the city has become a tourist destination, one of the most important things to visit in Peru, as it offers a wonderful mix between the Spanish colonial urban character influenced by the Inca civilization, and a number of remnants of ancient Inca ruins belonging to the indigenous Quechua people in the region.

The city includes a number of museums such as the Potato Museum (which Peru is famous for), the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Local History, the Museum of Textiles, the Museum of Folk Art, the Museum of Exotic, Medicinal and Magical Plants, the Museum of Chocolate and others, in addition to many exhibitions.

As for the historical monuments, they include the old colonial town, the walls of the Inca civilization near the Plaza de Armas, and the ruins of Saxai and Aman, which extend over a very vast area and require you to complete days to finish watching them.