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trances facing the four cardinal points, the doors

being ornamented with great sheets of gold.

Moreover, .as previously stated, there were two

niches of equal size to those in the Chapel of

V.enus in the wall facing the court. rhe garden

. of gold or CORICANOHA, to which the historians

refer, was probably in one of the sides of this

sanctuary. ·

Subterranean walls of polished stone ·be–

tvveen Inticancha and the Tullumayo river pass

through the street which unites Limac-Pampa

Chica with Limac-Pampa Grande.

Passing through the crypt where is located

~he

vestry, one enter:s a large enclosure filled

with

terraces; turning to the right under: the ta–

bernacle o

tll~

tem.ple, one sees t

magnifice~t

Inca tower, almost cirmular in shape and built of

carefully polished stones of unequal sizes. H·e·re is

displayed

notable development of the Inca

technique. The tower rests upon a terrace form

by walls which are also of importance, extend–

ing to the street called El Rosario; this tovver

completely occupies the northeast angle of the

'vall . which surrounded Inticancha. During the

civil wars among the conquerors, it was here that

the followers of Castilla

ortified themselves; this

wall .therefore served a military or strategic pur–

pose; it was six meters high and covered an area

of two meters.

Between the vestry and the back of the shrine

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