change of religion

The combined sacred sites of Koricancha and Santo Domingo vividly illustrate ancient Andean culture's collision with Western Europe. The extraordinarily crafted Temple of the Sun at Koricancha was the most sumptuous temple in the Inca Empire.

Commissioned by Justinian in the first year of his reign (527), this was an important stage in the development of Byzantine architecture.

This huge brick edifice was built in the 2nd century as a Roman temple to the god Serapis and later converted into a Byzantine church.

An 11th-century Byzantine church with an attractive facade and an extensive cycle of frescoes in the dome.