Garcilaso de la Vega's House
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The Regional Historical Museum of Cusco (Spanish: Museo Histórico Regional del Cuzco) is a museum located in the city of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru.
It is located in the house where the Cusco chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was born and lived. In 1946, it was converted into a museum.
The collection consists of ceramics, paintings, metals, and textiles. It has 13 rooms; on the first level, it is in the process of implementation, housing paleontological and archaeological objects from the pre-Hispanic period, while on the second level, assets from the viceregal, republican, and contemporary periods are exhibited. On January 6, 2014, two rooms referring to the Prehistoric and Pre-Hispanic periods were inaugurated.
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