Cuzco No. 7 / Cusco / Qosqo / Qusqu

INFORMATION

FontID: 20000CUZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco
Church Location: Cusco, Peru -- Tel.: +51 84 221361
Country Name: Peru
Location: Cusco, Cusco
Directions to Site: Located SW of the Plaza de Armas
Date: ca. 1534?
Century and Period: 16th century,
Church Notes: built in the barrio de San Blas in 1534; moved to cancha de Casana, Portal de Panes in 1538; moved to the edge of the Cusipata area in 1549
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 [...] El de San Francisco padeció grandes ruinas, cayéndose la iglesia, coro y campanario recién fabricado de cantería".