Peru Tourism - Cusco Cathedral
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Looming over the corner of Cuscos main square, the Cathedral of Santo Domingo embodies the clash between the Inca Empire and the Spanish colonists.
The church was built on the site of a palace built by the Inca Viracocha, who ruled Cusco 100 years before the conquistadors arrived.
Construction of the cross-shaped cathedral started in 1550, but it took almost a century to complete. Most of the stones were taken from nearby fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
The mostly Inca workforce incorporated some of their own religious iconography into the building, with the head of a puma featuring prominently on the cathedral doors.
Looming over the corner of Cuscos main square, the Cathedral of Santo Domingo embodies the clash between the Inca Empire and the Spanish colonists.
The church was built on the site of a palace built by the Inca Viracocha, who ruled Cusco 100 years before the conquistadors arrived.
Construction of the cross-shaped cathedral started in 1550, but it took almost a century to complete. Most of the stones were taken from nearby fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
The mostly Inca workforce incorporated some of their own religious iconography into the building, with the head of a puma featuring prominently on the cathedral doors.