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Spaniard built Santo Domingo de Guzmán's Church over Incan Koricancha or Qoricancha (Sun's Temple). The earthquake of 1950 part destroyed the christian church, but Incan temple was untouched (the Incas built anti-seismic constructions). The Incan temples were built at 14th century; there were dedicated not only to the Sun, also to the Moon and Constellations. These were foraged by conquerors, because they were decorated with silver and gold statues. Inside the christian church there is a very important art museum with several paintings of Cusco School. All of them are religious, and shows the syncretism between Spaniard and Incan cultures. Los españoles construyeron la iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán sobre el templo incaico de Koricancha o Qoricancha (Templo del Sol). El terremoto de 1950 destruyó parcialmente la iglesia cristiana, pero el templo incaico permaneció intacto (los incas realizaban construcciones antisísmicas). Los templos incaicos de la zona fueron construidos en el siglo XIV, y estaban dedicados al Sol, la Luna y las Constelaciones. Estos fueron saqueados por los conquistadores, dado que estaban decorados con estatuas de oro y de plata. Dentro del templo cristiano hay un importante museo con pinturas de la Escuela Cusqueña, todas ellas sobre temas religiosos, y muestran el sincretismo entre ambas culturas. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Qoriqancha-Santo Domingo Convent: La iglesia de Santo Domingo - Koricancha | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Koricancha (Inca Temple of the Sun): Santo Domingo was built in the 17th century on the walls of the Koricancha Temple of the Sun. The uninspiring Baroque decoration of Santo Domingo makes a poor contrast to the superbly crafted Inca masonry - infact much of the cloister has been gutted to reveal four of the original chambers of the great Inca Temple. The finest Inca stonework in existence today is the curved wall beneath the west end of the Church. In Inca times the walls of the Koricancha were lined with 700 solid-gold sheets weighing two kilos a piece. There were life-size gold and silver replicas of corn, golden llamas, figurines and jars. All that remains is the stonework; the conquistadors took the rest - unfortunately all the exquisite treasures ended up in the crucible; nothing survived. However the fist conquistadors to arrive did not remove the holiest religious symbol of the empire, the golden sun disc, though they reported its existence. This solid gold disc, far larger than a man, mysteriously vanished before the main party of Spaniards arrived. It has never been found to the present day. The disc was positioned to catch the morning sun and throw its rays into the gold-lined temple, filling it with radiant light and bathing the mummies of the dead Inca rulers in sunshine which were seated in niches along the walls. The entire temple complex was also an intricate celestial observatory. Every summer solstice, the sun's rays shine directly into a niche - the tabernacle - in which only the Inca was permitted to sit. Along with the main temple dedicated to the Sun, there were others for the adoration of lesser deities - the Moon, Venus, Thunder and Lightning, and the Rainbow. Leave a Comment
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