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COLONIAL ARCH IN CUSCO CITY

COLONIAL ARCH IN CUSCO CITY

The colonial city of Cusco keeps until today many evidences of its past subsequent to the Inca population that preceded it, you walk through the hostoric center is going back to the 1700s when the colonial influence intervened in the typicarchitecture of the place, it is for that today arches can be seen as part of the urban ornament, some of them more popular than others that we then proceed to show you.


                                                                            ARCO DE TICA TICA
The construction of the arch (arch of flowers) dates back to the colonial era, where in 1721 the mayor Jose de la Partilla ordered to build a beautiful arch in the sector of Costa Rican ethics, as well as the description that exists in the Pilates of the arch., this building became over the years a preferred place for receptions and farewells of authorities visiting the Cusco, as well as passers-by It is very probable that this custom comes from the incanato. Since from this place the Inka, went out to conquer territories and was received or dismissed in the middle of a ceremony. in this place there were also functions of huaca (sacred place) and also as urcoscalla (place from which the city is lost sight of). It was considered a place of entry or exit to the city of Cusco. It was also on the way to Chinchaysuyo, religious and social controls were made, this arch also had the function of a channel of water aqueduct to Cusco.


ARCO DE SANTA CLARA
Considered one of the best and few symbols left of a confederation between Peru and Bolivia. It was to be built by Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz (1835) to celebrate the union between Peru and Bolivia. The main objective was the emergence of a great Andean nation, but this confederation did not last for a long time. Marshal Agustin Gamarra did not see this confederation well, because Bolivia had a predominant role. Bolivia was part of Peru and it should be recognized as the high Peru. There was a war that receded to the Marshal of Santa crosses Bolivian lands where he would put an end to the Confederation (I839). According to the architect Jose Garcia, it is considered the most beautiful republican arch of Peru. It has the shape of two arches of 3 lights framed by columns on pedestals on both sides. The character who is in the pulpit of the arch (the statue of liberty) which represents the motherland that holds a frigid cap, attire worn by the slaves of Greece and Rome.


                                                                 ARCO DE ALCABALA (SANTA ANA)


Known in the neighborhood of Carmenca, this arch is considered a republican arch and it is said that before it was there, there was a colonial arch. It was built in the 90s by Mayor Raul Salizar.
The neighborhood where the arch has a fantastic history, the sector was formerly occupied by the chanapatas, by the meetings of lithic ceramics of that period. In the Inca era the chanapata sector happened to be called qarmenqa, and there lived the ayllus (families), who were more dedicated to agriculture.
It was in the entrance of the Spaniards to the city of Cusco in 1533, for another point. in the sector you can see a construction of the temple and parish of Santa Ana, so that all the natives of the sector will be forced to Catholicism


Arco de San Andres – Av. Pardo

It was a republican arch, it was a structure that did not resist the earthquake of 1950. It was rebuilt in 1998 thus altering its original shape. And nowadays the arch is made of pure concrete and not in stone as it was. And in the same sector you can see a long route called Paseo de los Heroes, because there monuments were built to 6 heroes of Peru, who by name were How do you know the av. Pardo was an old mall before and in that sector there were characteristic trees called pizonay, both houses were also clearly colonial by the arrival of the Spaniards, and with the earthquakes collapsed and on those more modern republican-style houses were built. What most characterizes this avenue are its houses called chalet that look beautiful to be accompanied by gardens

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