Cuzco

Jesuit Cathedral

Those clocks have never worked- the cathedral was built in the 1600s with only the clocks but without the clockwork. It never arrived from Europe, so the clocks have never changed from their original positions.

Cuzco at Night

One of my favorite views of the city, I was shown this by my host-uncle Benji and was able to take other friends here when we were all in the city together in 2016.

Semana Santa (Holy week)

Strikes

This was a protest in the main plaza about their gas prices- made for a great demonstration of the colors and vibrance of this city.

Arco de San Pedro

Cathedral of San Pedro can be seen through the arch

Fine Rock

This rock was once part of the base of a huge temple in Cuzco. The inward-leaning walls made them resistant to earthquakes that have destroyed many colonial buildings since the conquistadores invasion.

Catedral de San Francisco

Plaza de Armas

The statue in the center is of Tupac, an Incan resistance leader who led attacks against the Spanish after the fall of Cuzco. He was eventually captured and allegedly had each of his limbs attached to horses here in the square, but he was too strong and reportedly kept pulling the horses back.