Main Inca Chamber. Qorikancha. 쿠스코(Cusco)

Main Inca Chamber (Recinto Inca Mayor). Qorikancha.

쿠스코(Cusco). 페루(Peru)

 

 

The main Inca chamber is located in the southern part of the old Qorikancha. Its most remarkable detail is the large opening with holes drilled into all its edges, known as the “Ceremonial Niche” or “Inca's Throne”. Until the 1940s this chamber served as the priory's chapterhouse and was used by the friars as a meeting place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mural Decoration

XVII century

Pigment on plaster

This ornamental mural painting is a fragment of the Colonial period decoration of this building which until the 1950's was used as a Chapter House (hall for community meetings) of the Saint Dominic Priory. In Colonial times many of the Inca constructions of the Qorikancha, were covered on their interior side with plaster and mural paintings, of which only this detail survives. This mural painting was restored in May-June 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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