Sun Temple, Peru, Cuzco Royalty-Free Stock Image

It was the main Temple of entire Qorikancha, occupying more than half the width of the current Church of Santo Domingo. Garcilaso says that in this temple were the embalmed bodies of the children of the Sun positions by seniority on chairs and tables of gold, the walls were covered with gold plates, there a disc representing the figure of the sun in a golden plate thicker than the other plates that covered the temple. The western end corresponds to the current drum overlooking Avenida Sol, its eastern end reached the churchyar