Cusco- City Tour More

Then we returned to downtown Cusco around the Plaza de Armas where we visited La Catedral. The Spanish built this Cathedral on the site of an Inca Palace.
It is indeed a beautiful and artistic monument.

It was completed in 1669 and possess some 400 HUGE canvases that were painted from the 16th to the 18th centuries. There are also spectacular carvings in the Church, made from cedar from the jungle.


The main altar is made from 882 pounds of silver brought in from Bolivia during the Neo-classical period. Since the paintings were painted by the Peruvians, The Last Supper shows the apostles drinking maize beer and eating guinea pig. The Peruvians wanted to honour their existence in the paintings and carvings. We were not allowed to take pictures or video in this Cathedral.