Qorikancha

Museum · Cusco

Qorikancha

Museum · Cusco

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Santo Domingo s/n, Cusco 08000, Peru

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Inca temple with Spanish colonial architecture, gold walls  

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Santo Domingo s/n, Cusco 08000, Peru Get directions

museoqorikancha.pe

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Santo Domingo s/n, Cusco 08000, Peru Get directions

+51 84 249176
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Sep 15, 2025

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"Qoricancha This Cuzco corner presents a notable juxtaposition between ancient Incan and Spanish colonial architecture. Since the Incas worshipped their sun god, Inti, above all others, this temple in their imperial capital was the most important of the entire realm. It was here that they brought the idols of all peoples they assimilated, to offer them representation as they demanded allegiance in Cuzco . When the Spanish arrived, they tore down much of the temple and built a monastery on top of it. However, the walls that do remainprovide stunning examples of pre-Hispanic engineering, particularly the rounded outer wall that can be seen from Avenida del Sol."

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"Qoricancha This Cuzco corner presents a notable juxtaposition between ancient Incan and Spanish colonial architecture. Since the Incas worshipped their sun god, Inti, above all others, this temple in their imperial capital was the most important of the entire realm. It was here that they brought the idols of all peoples they assimilated, to offer them representation as they demanded allegiance in Cuzco . When the Spanish arrived, they tore down much of the temple and built a monastery on top of it. However, the walls that do remainprovide stunning examples of pre-Hispanic engineering, particularly the rounded outer wall that can be seen from Avenida del Sol."

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"Qoricancha This Cuzco corner presents a notable juxtaposition between ancient Incan and Spanish colonial architecture. Since the Incas worshipped their sun god, Inti, above all others, this temple in their imperial capital was the most important of the entire realm. It was here that they brought the idols of all peoples they assimilated, to offer them representation as they demanded allegiance in Cuzco . When the Spanish arrived, they tore down much of the temple and built a monastery on top of it. However, the walls that do remainprovide stunning examples of pre-Hispanic engineering, particularly the rounded outer wall that can be seen from Avenida del Sol."

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Michael Hoffman

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Very neat place to check out. The history is fascinating and worth learning about. There is great art work and some incredible woodworking. If you like history of religion there is a lot of it. My favorite part of it is the amazing architecture.

Stephanie Baique

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Such a beautiful museum. So much Inca history and views were amazing. Im glad I paid 5 soles which is less than 2 us dollars to go upstairs to see the bells and views. Don't skip that part. It's worth your time!

Johan Björefeldt

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Inca temple combined with a Christian cloister, now a museum. Entry is 20 soles and it's not included in the general Tourist Ticket. Guides outside will hassle you to try and make you employ them to give you a tour. Unsure of the quality of those guides, unsure of the fairness of the prices. The museum should simply employ official guides or offer an audio tour. We opted to do a self-guided tour, where for an English speaker there are limited options. Many of the displays do offer an English translation, many don't. There's an online walkthrough available, which is an online pdf with a brief overview of some of the rooms and exhibits. Not very helpful or interesting. Visitors are constantly ignoring museum rules (for example, don't take pictures here, don't sit on this ancient Inca wall, don't touch this prizeless Inca relic) and there are no guards or attendants around which means they get away with it. Also, the restrooms are disgusting. Perhaps with a guide this visit would have been better. On the other hand, perhaps not. It's a fine site and museum, with some beautiful rooms and a nice garden, but in general don't set the bar too high on this one.

Soo-Yon Rhee

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Amazing stone work of the Incas! The Spanish demolished most of the Inca’s work and built their own on the top of the Inca’s. That showcases the contrast of Inca’s ingenious work with Spanish masonwork. While Spanish used cement to glue stones together, the Inca transformed huge stones to very smooth building blocks with jigsaw puzzles on one side to securely hold them together like Lego pieces. The entrances to temples were shaped as trapezoids. Thanks to such ingenuity and effort, the temple survived several earthquakes. The Inca brought these huge stones from a quarry 3km away. They didn’t have iron tools. Some bronze tools have been found but how exactly they used the bronze tools to make the stone Legos is not well understood. What a people! It made me want to re-read the depiction of the Incas before Spanish in the book “guns, germs, and steel” by Jerad Diamond. We hired a private tour guide in front of the temple.

Keith Moore

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This is a fascinating place to visit when you are in Cusco. The artwork is beautiful. There is much more than my photos show, since many of the works cannot be photographed. Of course, it is also interesting that the church was literally built on top of Incan ruins. Luckily, some of these ruins are now visible. There is also an example of the solid gold artwork that once covered the walls of the Incan temple. Top tip for this visit: make sure to pay the small additional fee to walk up to top of the bell tower. The views are fantastic.

Celia Yang

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If you are non Spanish speaking, definitely hire a guide. I think many of them just stands in front of the door but mine was included with my tour. I don’t think there are enough information on the exhibits for you to understand the place on your own like how well the Inca did with architectures and astronomy etc. However, my guide didn’t cover the colonial part of the place. I wandered around for some extra time but couldn’t find a way to see the introductions of the history of that period of time. If the museum would enhance the overall explanation of the place, it would be really nice with such beautify place.

Ben Staadecker

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I'm not going to claim I visited every museum in Cusco, but I went to quite a few, and this was hands down the best. The ruins are incredible, and well preserved. Allowing you to walk through, around, and above them. The art and music and historical artifacts are super cool, just a really interesting place to walk around and look at some very high level stonework

Cooper Deupree

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Lots of beauty to be seen here. Reasonably priced and quick. The location was convenient too. The Catholic and Incan artwork is worth the visit for sure.