The head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, who underwent lung cancer surgery a month ago, refused to cut the visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site from his itinerary, despite Cusco's location at over 3,400 meters (11,000 feet) of altitude.
Once in the former capital of the Inca Empire, he will climb even further to Saqsaywaman, a massive hilltop fortress overlooking the Peruvian city, where he will meet with representatives of popular Cath…
It is an act of force that some doctors had warned of. The Pope wants to travel four places in Peru on a single day. Highlight, also in the topographic sense, will be the visit to the Andean metropolis of Cusco.