This article tries to analyze the apparent insufficiency of theoretical criteria or approaches used in the restor- ative processes of Cusco’s vice regal architecture carried out in the last fifteen years. In charge of such an activity, the Peruvian State, through today’s Culture Ministry of Cusco, played a preponderant role. The present paper takes as case-study the restoration and revaluation of the Concha House. They were exceptional among the in- terventions carried out by the State, which was mostly dedicated to intervene religious building heritage (Cath- olic temples and chapels). In order to do this, the structure proposed by Josep María Montaner (1999) has been used. Initially, it attempts to contextualize, from the historical and architectural points of view, the main events (milestones) that marked the restorative process in the Cusco area, until we arrive to the intervent...

This article tries to analyze the apparent insufficiency of theoretical criteria or approaches used in the restor- ative processes of Cusco’s vice regal architecture carried out in the last fifteen years. In charge of such an activity, the Peruvian State, through today’s Culture Ministry of Cusco, played a preponderant role. The present paper takes as case-study the restoration and revaluation of the Concha House. They were exceptional among the in- terventions carried out by the State, which was mostly dedicated to intervene religious building heritage (Cath- olic temples and chapels). In order to do this, the structure proposed by Josep María Montaner (1999) has been used. Initially, it attempts to contextualize, from the historical and architectural points of view, the main events (milestones) that marked the restorative process in the Cusco area, until we arrive to the intervent...