Cusco Cathedral

Cusco Cathedral
Spanish: Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción del Cusco
Main facade of the Cusco Cathedral.
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Year consecrated	1668
Location
Location	Cusco, Peru
Architecture
Architect(s)	Juan Miguel de Veramendi, Juan Correa, Miguel Gutiérrez Sencio, Francisco Becerra
Type	Basilica
Style	Renaissance, late Gothic, Baroque, Plateresque
Groundbreaking	1249
Completed	1654
Specifications
Direction of façade	Southwest
Materials	Stone
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	City of Cuzco
Criteria	Cultural: iii, iv
Reference	273
Inscription	1983 (7th Session)
Area	Latin America and the Caribbean

The Cathedral of Cusco or Cathedral Basilica of the Virgin of the Assumption is the main temple of the city of Cusco, in Peru and houses the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Cusco. The Cathedral Basilica of Cusco, together with the Triunfo temple make up the Cathedral Complex, it is located in the northeast sector of the current Plaza de Armas of Cusco. In the place that, during the Inca period, was occupied by both the Suntor Wassi (lit. "Government House") and the Kisoarkancha or Palace of the eighth Inca Viracocha. The complex occupies an area of 3,920 square meters and is the most important religious monument in the Historic Center of Cusco.

Since 1972 the temple has been part of the Monumental Zone of Cusco declared as a Historical Monument of Peru.^[1] Also, in 1983, being part of the historic center of the city of Cusco, it is part of the central zone declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Site.^[2]