Cusco Cathedral

Cusco Department · Peru

Cusco Cathedral, Peru
Photo: Martin St-Amant (S23678), CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
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$
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Dominating the Plaza de Armas, this Renaissance and baroque cathedral holds a vast collection of colonial Cusco School paintings, including a famous local interpretation of the Last Supper featuring guinea pig. Its dark cedar altars and carved choir reflect centuries of Andean Catholic devotion.

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