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- The Jesuits built the church over Suntur Wasi, an Inca ceremonial building, armory and heraldry center attached to the palace of Wiracocha. It is the first Christian Church to have been built in all of Cusco.
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The first cathedral in Cusco is the Iglesia del Triunfo, built in 1539 on the basis of the palace of Viracocha Inca. At present, this church is an auxiliary chapel of the Cathedral. The cathedral of Cusco, like that of Lima, is a temple with three naves with two more chapels and a flat front wall. (...)
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The Church of Triumph (Iglesia del Triunfo) was the first of the churches to be built upon Cusco’s main square, with construction beginning in 1536, just three years after the Spanish conquistadores arrived in Cusco.
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The Cathedral of Cusco is a Spanish colonial-style church that was built in the 16th century on the site of an Inca temple. The cathedral is home to many important religious artifacts, including a crucifix that was brought to Cusco by the Spanish conquerors.
The church and convent of Santo Domingo is a colonial construction of Cusco. It was built in 1538 under the orders of the Dominican order . It is located on the foundations of the famous Coricancha temple, the most important of the Inca empire.
In 1534, the Order of Santo Domingo arrived in Cusco, and a few years later the construction of the Catholic Church and Convent of Santo Domingo had begun. Nowadays only part of the original curved wall can be seen from outside Korikancha, with the colonial Church and Convent of Santo Domingo sat over the top.
Feb 25, 2023 · The first Cathedral of Cusco was built and received its name in 1539 in the Suntour Wasi, today’s Church of Triumph, but in 1560 it was ordered to make one on the site of Kiswir Kancha, the palace of the Inca Wiracocha.
Cusco Cathedral is a Baroque-style cathedral built on the foundations of the palace of the Inca Wirachocha in Cusco. Construction began in 1550, using many stones looted from the site of the hillside Sacsayhuamán fortress, and was completed a century later.
