The Qorikancha was the "Golden Palace", the most magnificent and sacred temple of the Inca capital, which was completely plundered by the Conquistadors, who decided to build the convent of Santo Domingo on top of it but whose extremely well-engineered walls resisted the 1650 and 1950 earthquakes
June 2003
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