El Gato Negro Door, Cusco, Peru Postcard

This whimsical door of a black cat design (El Gato Negro) is on a restaurant in Cusco, Peru. The architecture of El Gato Negro Restaurant in Cusco, Peru, combines the whimsy of a cat face on a door, ancient Inca stonework and Spanish-style balconies, trimmed by antennae on the roof. Cusco, sitting at an elevation of 11,200 feet (3,400 metres), is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cuzco Province. Its population is almost half a million people. Cusco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire. UNESCO named Cusco a World Heritage Site in 1983. It is designated as the Historical Capital of Peru by the Constitution of Peru. Two million people visit Cusco every year.