Incas and Catholics

The city of Cusco, 400,000 population

The last Inca King, and the Catholic
church in the background

Cathedral on the Main Square

We are still in Cusco, Peru, and today, we did

the city tour.  We went to some of the ancient

Incan ruins in town, an Incan burial site, a

catholic cathedral, and the Main City Square.

It was interesting to learn that the Incas built

their temples to the Sun, and did some unbelievable

construction with the cutting of their stonework, etc.

When the Spanish came, they used the Incan

stones to build their churches, as they taught

and converted the Inca people.  So, there is a

real combination of the cultures present in the

city architecture. 

Tomorrow we tour the Sacred Valley...and we

will see some of the native people, llamas, and

some of the village life.