Cuzco No. 4 / Cusco / Qosqo / Qusqu
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 March 2013 by Lhimec [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_the_Society_of_Jesus_(Cusco,_Peru)_2013-03-31_009.JPG] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19997CUZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1576?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late?), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús de Cuzco
Font Location in Church: [destroyed]
Church Notes: Jesuit church built 1536 on the former site of the Amarukancha, or palace of Huayna Qhapaq
Church Address: Plaza de Armas Cusco S/N, Cusco 08001, Peru
Site Location: Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America
Directions to Site: Located off road 3S [Av. de la Cultura], about 1,100 km SE of Lima. The cathedral is located in the city centre, in the Plaza de Armas.
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis del Cusco
Additional Comments: destroyed font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The original font here may have been destroyed in 1650; Harvey & Harvey (2014) report that the 1650 earthquake practically destroyed the city of Cuzco: "Casi todo el Cuzco, quedó destruido [...] Cayó toda la iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús".
COORDINATES
UTM: 19L 177604 8503797
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): -13.516398, -71.978071
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 13° 30′ 59.03″ S, 71° 58′ 41.06″ W