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= = =**The Church of Santa Domingo/ The Church of Santo Domingo**=
 * Chelsea LaFranchise**


 * The Church of Santo Domingo resides in Cusco, Peru. It was the first Christian church to be built in Cusco. Construction of the church began in 1559 shortly after the arrival of Spanish conquistadores. Church construction began over what was the Temple of the Sun to the native Incan people. The majority of the church was built by Incans and contains much cultural art from the era snuck in by the builders. The Spanish architect Juan Miguel de Veramendi drew the building plans himself. The building was designed in the shape of a Latin cross. The building was completed in 1654, nearly one hundred years after construction first began. The Church of Santo Domingo still stands and the majority of the original architecture is preserved from the original temple.**

= = 1.) "Church of Santo Domingo." //Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online// . Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 06 Jan. 2011.   2.) Guevara, Ernesto. “The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey.” =**The Temple of the Sun**=


 * What is now the Church of Santo Domingo was once the Temple of the Sun. The structure was the main temple at Cusco erected by the Incans. It was a ceremonial building to honor the Incan god Inti, the sun god. It was also the main astronomical observatory. The Temple of the Sun was once filled with several artifacts made of gold. This includes a golden sun disk used to reflect light throughout the temple as well as several gold and silver statues. In the Spanish conquest of the new world the temple was looted. The temple became the foundations of the Church of Santo Domingo but still retains most of the original Incan masonry.**

= = 1.) []  2.) “Koricancha Temple and Santo Domingo, Cusco.” //Sacred Destinations//. 7 January 2011. Web. =**Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac**=

1.) http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Le-Me/Manco-Capac.html
 * The legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo tells the story of the beginnings of the Incan culture and the city of Cusco, Peru. There are several versions although they all tell the same basic story. The legend says that Inti, the sun god, looked down upon the people of the earth and saw that they were uncivilized. To teach the people of the earth Inti sent his sun and daughter, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo (sometimes referred to as Mama Cello). They were given a golden wedge to press into the ground where they rested. If the wedge sank completely into the ground Inti instructed them that they should build a city on the spot and call the city Cusco, the city of the sun. Cusco housed the Temple of the Sun in honor of the sun god. Incans shared this story as the birth of their people. Manco Capac ruled over the new city of Cusco, with his sister as his wife, for fourty years before his death. In this time the Sapa Inca learned to build homes, hunt, and worship the sun god.**