Cuzco : Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City, Hardcover

by Michael J. Schreffler

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Cuzco : Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City, Hardcover by Schreffler, Michael J., ISBN 0300218117, ISBN-13 9780300218114, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Through objects, buildings, and colonial texts, this book tells the story of how Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, was transformed into a Spanish colonial city. When Spaniards invaded and conquered Peru in the 16th century, they installed in Cuzco not only a government of their own but also a distinctly European architectural style. Layered atop the characteristic stone walls, plazas, and trapezoidal portals of the former Inca town were columns, arcades, and even a cathedral"--

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2020
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780300218114
• Condition: Fine

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