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title: "Qorikancha, Cusco — GetMap"
description: "Gold once covered these temple walls. Gold once covered its walls before Spanish builders stripped the metal and built a convent over the Inca temple…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJJT73zArWbZERPWclxK0YkWk
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# Qorikancha

Gold once covered these temple walls

History · 🇵🇪 Cusco · one place, one stop

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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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