Inca Exprese
400-Year-Old Church
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| Not one to rush into every church along the way, this one was definitely a real treasure, considering the decoration around the entrance. Since Inka Express already paid the fee, I went in. Dang it! No photography allowed. So I did the next best thing. Bough some postcards and scanned them after the fact. |
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It seemed like there wasn't a square inch not covered with carvings or painted artistry. That explained the heavy tourbus traffic that arrived outside (in the off-season). |
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Evidently native carvings from early adopters of Catholithism (Condor, Puma, and Madonna). |
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The next stop took us to a river crossing that the Incas apparently crossed like this |
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After the conquest, the Spaniards built a real bridge, Roman-style |
And, of course, there were churches |
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