Cuzco No. 4 / Cusco / Qosqo / Qusqu

Image copyright © Unukomo, 2013
CC-BY-SA-3.0
Results: 2 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 19997CUZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús
Country Name: Peru
Location: Cusco, Cusco
Directions to Site: Located in the Plaza de Armas
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis del Cusco
Date: ca. 1576?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Baroque
Church Notes: Jesuit church built 1536 on the former site of the Amarukancha, or palace of Huayna Qhapaq
Font Notes:
Click to view
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: -13.516398, -71.978071
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 13° 30′ 59.03″ S, 71° 58′ 41.06″ W
UTM: 19L 177604 8503797