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The Cathedral of Saint Tryphon (Serbo-Croatian: Katedrala Svetog Tripuna/ Катедрала Светог Трипуна) in Kotor, Montenegro, is one of two Roman Catholic cathedrals in Montenegro. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor , which covers the entire Bay of Kotor and Municipality of Budva .
The old town of Kotor is contained within the city walls and a well preserved and restored medieval cityscape with notable buildings including the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon (built in 1166). The Cathedral of Saint Tryphon. Kotor was heavily damaged during the earthquake on April 15, 1979, and this prompted the site to be also listed on the ...
' fortress of the royal falcon or hawk ') [1] [2] [3] is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 metres (12,142 ft). The complex was built by the Incas in the 15th century, particularly under Sapa Inca Pachacuti and his successors. [4]
The city has a population of 13,347 and is the administrative center of Kotor Municipality. The old Mediterranean port of Kotor is surrounded by fortifications built during the Venetian period. It is located on the Bay of Kotor ( Boka Kotorska ), one of the most indented parts of the Adriatic Sea .
There is an older structure in same town, Kotor Cathedral that was built on the foundation of a ninth-century Christian church in 1066 [7] some 12 years after the East-West Schism (of 1054). References
The Basilica Cathedral of Lima, [a] commonly known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima, [b] is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lima, Peru. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima . Its construction began in 1535 and finished in 1797, having been built in its present form between 1602 and 1797. [ 4 ]
Located on the northern coast of Peru, northwest of Trujillo. [2] [3] It is the largest adobe-built city in the Americas and the second-largest in the world. It is formed by nine citadels (small walled cities). The whole complex was the capital of the Chimor Kingdom and the Chimú culture.
Cathedral Basilica of the Virgin of the Assumption: Plaza de Armas: Formerly the site of the Suntor Wassi and the Kisoarkancha palaces built during the Inca period, it is the most important religious monument in the historic centre of the city and houses the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuzco, occupying an area of 3,920 m 2.