Happy Easter! Seems appropriate that I'm showing a cathedral on this religious holiday.
This is the Temple of the Sun in Cusco. It wasn't completely destroyed by the Spaniards as some of the others were but they demolished some sections of it and covered the walls with some type of plaster. The plaster was shaken off during an earthquake and was never replaced so the original walls are now visible. At the hight of Inca reign this cathedral was very rich in gold but they gave it to one of the conquistadors as ransom to save the Inca Emperor and the Emperor was killed anyway. You just can't trust those who invade.
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