Tucked into Hatunrumiyoc, a side street two blocks from the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, sits the 12-Angled Stone — a single polygonal block fitted into a wall of Inca stonework with twelve carved angles, each matched exactly to its neighbours. No mortar.
Peruways’ Cusco walking tour works this piece into context. The stone is part of a wall that was once the palace of Inca Roca; the wall itself was later recycled into a Spanish archbishop’s residence, which is why the colonial stonework sits directly on top. A good guide can show you the join line between the two eras.
The visit threads the 12-Angled Stone with Qoricancha, the Cusco Cathedral and Sacsayhuamán, so you see the pattern — Inca walls underneath, Spanish buildings on top — repeat across the city.
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