. Pacific shores from Panama . them was chosen forsacrifice, but this was a very rare occurrence, as thereligion of the Incas only permitted of human sacri-fice on occasion of exceptional importance, therebydiffering materially from the rites of other Americanraces—the wholesale slaughters of the Aztecs, forexample. Soon after the conquest the Spaniards built threegreat churches in Cuzco, three churches worthy of aEuropean capital. Unlike the churches of Lima,these happily have escaped remodelling. Two of them, the cathedral and the Compania,face upon the main plaza, the heart of the city; the
. Pacific shores from Panama . them was chosen forsacrifice, but this was a very rare occurrence, as thereligion of the Incas only permitted of human sacri-fice on occasion of exceptional importance, therebydiffering materially from the rites of other Americanraces—the wholesale slaughters of the Aztecs, forexample. Soon after the conquest the Spaniards built threegreat churches in Cuzco, three churches worthy of aEuropean capital. Unlike the churches of Lima,these happily have escaped remodelling. Two of them, the cathedral and the Compania,face upon the main plaza, the heart of the city; thethird, La Merced, is but a step away. All three arein the style of the Spanish Renaissance, patterned,let us say, from such a church as San Lorenzo of theEscurial. The interior of the Compania is the handsomest ofthe three. Its pillars, with their simple capitals, andits well-designed architrave support wide-spreadingstone arches and broad vaults of brick. The greatretablo that occupies its entire east end, though de- [180].
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