Coricancha

thumb|Depiction of Pachacuti worshipping [[Inti (the Sun god) at Coricancha, in the 17th century second chronicles of Martín de Murúa]] The Coricancha (, ) was the most important temple in the Inca Empire, and was described by early Spanish colonialists. It is located in Cusco, Peru, which was the capital of the empire.

==History== Originally named Intikancha or Intiwasi, it was dedicated to Inti (the Sun god of the Inca), and is located at the former Inca capital of Cusco. The High Priest resided in the temple and offered up the ordinary sacrifices, accompanied by religious rites, with the help of other priests. Most of the temple was destroyed after the 16th-century war with the Spanish conquistadors, as settlers also took it apart to build their own churches and residences. Much of its stonework was used as the foundation for the seventeenth-century Church and Convent of Santo Domingo. It was built after the 1650 earthquake destroyed the first Dominican convent.