page_title: Sun temple
section_title: Inca empire
hierarchical_section_title: Sun temple / Inca empire
caption_attribution_description: Resting part of Inti-Huasi, at Coricancha/Santo Domingo, Cusco, Peru
context_page_description: A sun temple is a building used for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, dedicated to the sun or a solar deity. Such temples were built by a number different cultures and are distributed across the world including in India, China, Egypt, Japan and Peru. Some of the temples are in ruins, undergoing excavation, preservation or restoration and a few are listed as World Heritage Sites individually or as part of a larger site, such as Konark.
context_section_description: The following are Pre-Columbian temples of Inti (the Inca god Sun):
  Qurikancha in Cusco, Peru, was the most important temple in the Inca Empire.
  Muyuq Marka in Cusco, Peru.
  Willkawaman in Vilcashuamán, Peru.
caption: Qurikancha with Convent of Santo Domingo above
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