ID: 700009284 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009284	Record Type: Built Work
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Coricancha Temple Site (temples (buildings); unknown Inca architects; patron may have been Pachacuti Inca...; 15th century, on an existing s...; Cuzco (Cuzco, Perú, South America, World, Top of the TGN ...;)

Note: The construction of the complex is commonly attributed to Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, the 9th Inca ruler (ruled 1438-1471 CE), patron of a general rebuilding program in Cuzco. However, the exact chronology of the site is not clear. Now partially destroyed, the church of Santo Domingo, consecrated in 1654, incorporates the foundations and several walls of the Coricancha. Was the main shrine in Cuzco, considered the very center of the Inca world. It was constructed by the Inca on a sacred site and served as the nucleus of a grand astronomical and calendrical observatory. The Quechua name means “Golden Enclosure,” or “Golden Garden”; the site was dedicated to Viracocha, the creator deity, and Inti, the sun god. The complex contained six buildings which were set aside for the worship of Viracocha, the creator god, and Inti, the Sun god, in addition to the subsidiary shrines to the Moon, Venus, the Pleiades and various weather deities. Interior of the Coricancha was decorated in silver and gold. During Inca rule, the Koricancha’s finely crafted walls were sheathed in hundreds of silver and gold plates, and its roof was covered with a mixture of thatch and gold “straws” so that it glittered in the sunlight. In its terraced gardens the Inca ruler ceremonially planted finely crafted gold statuettes in the form of stalks of corn (maize).

Titles:

Coricancha Temple Site (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,U)

Coricancha temple complex (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Coricancha (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Qoricancha (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Qorikancha (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Koricancha (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Golden Enclosure Site (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Qorikancha Temple Site (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Temple of the Sun Site (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Intikancha (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Intiwasi (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temples (buildings) [300007595] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

former structure [300386958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

religious complex [300263741]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>)

huaca [300412066]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations), sacred sites)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 15th century, on an existing sacred site

Creator Display:

unknown Inca architects; patron may have been Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui [preferred]

architects unknown Inca (Inca cultural designation) [500125282]

patron Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (Inca emperor, ca. 1391-ca. 1473) [500126203]

Locations:

Current: Cuzco [7005819] (Geographic)

Address Note: 13°31′12″S 71°58′32″W ; Plazoleta Santo Domingo, Cusco

Display Materials: masonry construction

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (built works technique), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

destruction: partial destruction in 17th century

Cultures:

Inca (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	worship [300056005]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts) (AAT)

	Inti [901001760]
	.....((Inca characters, Inca iconography, Amerindian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Viracocha [901001759]
	.....((Inca characters, Inca iconography, Amerindian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	incorporated in .... Santo Domingo [700009324]
	..........church (building); unknown colonial Spanish architect; consecrated in 1654, after a b...; Cuzco (Cuzco, Perú, South America, World, Top of the TGN ...;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Coricancha Temple Site	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 95005865
Coricancha temple complex	........ [VP]
	........ Maya, Inca, Aztec online (2000-)
Coricancha	........ [VP]
	........ Ancient History Encyclopedia [online] (2009-2015) accessed 14 February 2018
Qoricancha	........ [VP]
	........ Spier, Religious Regimes in Peru (1994)
Qorikancha	........ [VP]
	........ Ancient History Encyclopedia [online] (2009-2015)
Koricancha	........ [VP]
	........ Spier, Religious Regimes in Peru (1994)
Golden Enclosure Site	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Qorikancha Temple Site	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Temple of the Sun Site	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Intikancha	........ [VP]
	........ Spier, Religious Regimes in Peru (1994)
Intiwasi	........ [VP]
	........ Spier, Religious Regimes in Peru (1994)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Maya, Inca, Aztec online (2000-)
	..... Ancient History Encyclopedia [online] (2009-2015) Cartwright, Mark, "Coricancha," accessed 14 February 2018
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Cuzco," accessed 14 February 2018