Church of La Compania, Plaza de Armas, Cuzco, Peru.

Church of La Compania is built on Inca stone foundations in Plaza de Armas, the central square of Cuzco (Cusco or Qosqo), in Peru, South America. Cuzco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 1200s to 1532 and was honored on the World Heritage List in 1983 by UNESCO. Francisco Pizarro officially founded Spanish Cuzco in 1534. Cuzco is the longest continuously occupied city in the Americas and is built upon the foundations of the Incas at 3400 meters or 11,200 feet elevation.

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Church of La Compania is built on Inca stone foundations in Plaza de Armas, the central square of Cuzco (Cusco or Qosqo), in Peru, South America. Cuzco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 1200s to 1532 and was honored on the World Heritage List in 1983 by UNESCO. Francisco Pizarro officially founded Spanish Cuzco in 1534. Cuzco is the longest continuously occupied city in the Americas and is built upon the foundations of the Incas at 3400 meters or 11,200 feet elevation.