welcome to Cuzco! This city sits over
11,000 feet above sea level and is at
the heart of the Andes. It is filled with
amazing archaeological attractions
let's go check it out
just got to Cusco.
This is my hotel, it's really cool. I got some coca tea to help with altitude
I am 10,000 feet high. BP what did you get?
spinach soup, I got sopa andina, this is bread from the Andes.
this is our suite in Cusco. It was
built in 1534 used to be a monastery and
then converted to a hotel and it's absolutely beautiful
bathtub, vintage rooms, built by the Spanish.
Cusco!
This is the city of Cuzco, I'm at coricancha right now.
Look at these beautiful gardens.
Cusco is surrounded by hills, we drove to the top
to visit the ancient Incan sites of
Tambomachay, Qenqo, and Sacsayhuaman.
Tambomachay, means resting place.
Hola Amigos! The place I'm at right now is called Sacsayhuaman. Sacsayhuaman, that's right.
Famous Incan temple!
Sacsayhuaman is an extraordinary Incan fortress made up of
three gigantic terraces and enormous
walls of rock some of which are 300 meters in length.
Built around the Plaza de Armas, eight churches. Yes. Where was the quarry located for building eight churches?
Do you know what I mean? Where is 70% of this place? Down there today in Cusco city. Churches, commons, monasteries...
temples, palaces, neo-colonial buildings. Down there in Cusco.
As with many sites and latin America, when
the Spanish arrived they took the stones
from the ancient temples and used it to
build churches in the city down below.
To move the block, cut it, shape it, fit it! For hundreds of times. Fitting the stone here was easy for them, because they have the ground here. But what about that one?
The heaviest stones are in the corners, and the rocks at the top were held
together by pressure. And there's an incline, you can see it slope
down to the corner.
this is the Inca highlands and down
here are alpacas. After visiting the
local archaeological sites it was time
to head back to the city centre at plaza de Armas
to see some local festivities
Plaza de Armas, unesco world heritage site let's go
so there's all this really historic
stuff here and then there's McDonalds!
The rainbow flag is the symbol of Cusco!
This is my hotel - it doesn't even look real. It was
built in the 1500 by the Spanish.
This is a soccer celebration! They are playing a game
tomorrow
I am at a restaurant called Tunupa, about to try alpaca meat.
What museum are we at Mike?
We are at the Pre-Colombian art museum in the city of Cusco.
This is the sea shells room.
Look at these sea shells, look at how they lit them up.
so beautiful.
This is the silver room
Everything is black except for the pieces which are lit up.
Good morning from Cusco this is outside
my hotel room
the central historical district of
Cusco UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Cusco was the capital and birthplace of
the Incan empire. The buildings in Cusco have
been around for over nine centuries
dating back to the days of the Incan
Empire the intricate Incan stonework can
be seen throughout the city streets the
Spanish conquistadors conquered cusco in
1533, grafting a new colonial
architecture onto the sturdy foundations
of the city.
This is Peruvian Chinese food.
guinea pig! cuy!
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