Qorikancha

700 solid

Walls and floors were once covered with 700 solid gold plates.

A solid gold sun disc, shaped like a man, was placed so the sunrise caught it.

10 metres

A platinum moon disc about 10 metres across, weighing over 900 kg, was worshipped here.

To the Inca, gold was the sweat of the sun and silver the tears of the moon.

The room beside it, dedicated to the moon goddess Mama Killa, was lined entirely with silver.

A sacred garden beside it held life-size golden figures of people, animals and plants.

The inner room's proportions match a golden rectangle.

The outer wall is pink and grey granite; its inner surface had a glassy layer that reflected light at night.

The city was laid out in the shape of a puma, with this temple under its tail.