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| image1 = Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Perú, 2015-07-31,
| caption1 = [[Plaza de Armas (Cusco)|Plaza de Armas]] with
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| caption2 = [[Sacsayhuamán]]
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| caption3 = [[Qorikancha]]
| image4 = Cusco
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| image5 = Calle Carmen Alto, Cusco, Peru -
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| image_flag = Flag of Cusco (2021).svg
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| leader_title = [[Provincial Municipality of Cusco|Mayor]]
| leader_name = Víctor G. Boluarte Medina
| established_title = [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire|Founded]]
| established_date = March 23, 1534<ref>{{Cite web |last=La República |date=2020-03-23 |title=Cusco: 486 años de la fundación de la antigua capital Inca |url=https://larepublica.pe/cultural/2020/03/23/efemerides-la-fundacion-espanola-de-cusco-hace-486-anos-un-dia-como-hoy |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}}</ref>
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| founder = [[Francisco Pizarro]]
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| population_total = 428450
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'''Cusco''' or '''Cuzco'''{{efn|''Cusco'' has been the preferred spelling since 1976; see [[#Spelling and etymology|Spelling and etymology]].}} ({{IPA|es|ˈkusko|}}; {{lang-qu|Qusqu}} or {{lang|qu|Qosqo}} {{IPA|qu|ˈqɔsqɔ|}}) is a city in southeastern [[Peru]], near the [[Sacred Valley]] of the [[Andes]] mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous [[Cusco
The city was the capital of the [[Inca Empire]] from the 13th century until the 16th-century [[Spanish conquest of Peru|Spanish conquest]]. In 1983, Cusco was declared a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] with the title "[[Historic Centre of Cusco|City of Cusco]]". It has become a major tourist destination, hosting over 2 million visitors a year and providing passage to numerous Incan ruins, such as [[Machu Picchu]], one of the [[Seven modern wonders of the world]] and others. The [[Constitution of Peru]] (1993) designates the city as the Historical Capital of Peru.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Peru/per93reforms05.html#titIIcapI |title=Constitución del Perъ de 1993 |publisher=Pdba.georgetown.edu |access-date=22 July 2009 }}</ref> The city is often dubbed the <nowiki>''Rome of America''</nowiki>.
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