Convent of Santo Domingo and church built on top of Coricancha Golden Temple Incan ancient city ruins in Cusco, Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Peru

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Convent of Santo Domingo and church built on top of Coricancha Temple Incan ruins in Cusco, Sacred Valley, Peru. Coricancha, Koricancha, Qoricancha or Qorikancha ("The Golden Temple," from Quechua quri gold; kancha enclosure) was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. It is located in Cusco, Peru, which was the capital of the empire. Originally named Intikancha or Intiwasi, it was dedicated to Inti, and is located at the former Inca capital of Cusco. Most of the temple was destroyed after the 16th-century war with the Spanish conquistadors, as settlers also took it apart to build their own churches and residences. Much of its stonework was used as the foundation for the seventeenth-century Santo Domingo Convent. It was built after the 1650 earthquake destroyed the first Dominican convent.

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Location: Qorikancha, Santo Domingo, Cusco, Peru
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
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