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Qorikancha

Gold once covered these temple walls

History · 🇵🇪 Cusco · one place, one stop

Qorikancha, Cusco+35 pts
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Gold once covered its walls before Spanish builders stripped the metal and built a convent over the Inca temple. The surviving stonework uses tightly fitted blocks with almost invisible seams, visible beneath the white colonial walls and red tile roofs.

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