Due to the high altitude, walking was more difficult than we had expected, leaving us breathless. Still wanting to see the ruins near Cusco, such as Sacsayhuaman, we took a half-day bus tour.
Friday, August 15, 2025
Peru Pt. 3 Exploring More About Museo Convento de Santo Domingo - Qorikancha
I felt that I needed to learn more about this place, Museo Convento de Santo Domingo - Qoricancha, where I was blessed to have my art show, so I participated in a guided tour.
This ruin's site is said to be the most important temple of the Inca Empire, with stone walls so intricately layered that it is said that even a razor blade cannot pass through them. It is also said that these walls were once covered in gold. I can only imagine how dazzling they must have been.
私のアートのショーをさせてもらえているこのサントドミンゴ修道院美術館 ーコリカンチャという場所を、より知るために、ガイド付きのツアーに参加させてもらいました。インカ帝国の最も重要な寺院と言われているこの遺跡、カミソリの歯も通さないと言われるほど、緻密に重ねられた石の壁。かつてはこの壁は金で覆われていたというので、どのように眩かったことか。
In this place, Inca ruins and Spanish colonial architecture coexist, and the cultures of the people who have lived here for a long time are blended. This overlaps with my own reality, as someone who is from Japan but lives in Kansas, USA.