page_title: Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: cuzcojourneytoan00markrich (find matches) Title: Cuzco: a journey to the ancient capital of Peru; with an account of the history, language, literature, and antiquities of the Incas. And Lima: a visit to the capital and provinces of modern Peru; with a sketch of the viceregal government, history of the republic, and a review of the literature and society of Peru .. Year: 1856 (1850s) Authors: Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916 Subjects: Quechua language Peru Cuzco (Peru) Lima (Peru) Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: and finally, crossing theChilian Andes by a pass of unequalled difficulty anddanger, he returned in triumph to Cuzco. Meanwhile, young Huayna Ccapac, the heir to thethrone, had spread the fame of the Incarial arms tothe banks of the Amazon; and in a succession oftriumphant campaigns round the stupendous volcanoesof Chimborazo and Cotopaxi, had conquered thekingdom of Quito. On the accession of Huayna Ccapac, the empire ofthe Incas had attained to its greatest extent. Fromthe sultry valleys of the Amazon to the temperateplains of Chile, from the shores of the Pacific to theswampy sources of the Paraguay, tlieir rule had ex-tended&#160;; so that in the space of little more than fourcenturies their empire had swollen, by successive con-quests, from the little compact territory round Cuzco,to these vast dimensions. Order and civilisation advanced hand in hand withtheir arms, and good roads soon connected the remotestparts of the empire. The city of Cuzco, at the time of the accession of i^m:^ Text Appearing After Image: CUZCO THE CITY OF THE INC AS. 133 Huayna Ccapac, was at the zenith of its splendourand prosperity. It was divided, at this period, into Upper or HaninCuzco, and Lower or Hurin Cuzco. In the centrewas the great square, including the three plazas of themodern city, called the Huacay-pata, or hill of plea-sure, through which ran the river Huatanay, crossedby numerous stone foot-bridges. On the east sidewere the palaces of Viracocha, Pachacutec, and IncaEocca, and the Yacha-huasi, or schools; and on thesouth, on the side of the modern church of the Jesuits,was the palace of Huayna Ccapac. The other sideswere occupied by the houses of the Inca nobility. In the Huacay-pata, the dramatic representations ■took place, and here it was that the people danced ina circle extending round the whole open space, eachman holding a link of an immense golden chain, tocommemorate the birth of Huayna Ccapacs eldestson, who was afterwards called Huscar, or the chain. A curious picture of this dance, nearl Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús is a historic Jesuit church in Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, in Cusco Region, Peru. It is situated in the Plaza de Armas de Cusco, the city center. It is built on an Inca palace. It is one of the best examples of Spanish Baroque architecture in Peru. The architecture of this building exerted a great influence on the development of many Baroque architecture in the South Andes. Its construction began in 1576, but it was badly damaged in an earthquake in 1650. The rebuilt church was completed in 1668.
context_section_description: The construction of the original church was begun in 1576 on the grounds of the old Amarucancha, palace of the Inca Huayna Cápac that was one of the largest palaces surrounding the main square of Qosqo (the Inca capital). The grounds of this palace were given to Hernando Pizarro. Years later the property was purchased from the heirs of the conquistador by Diego de Silva y Guzmán and his wife Teresa Orgoñez, who donated it to the Jesuits after their arrival to the city in 1571.
  In the year 1650, the main church was devastated by the earthquake. This allowed the builders to undertake, the following year, a more ambitious reconstruction. Despite the protests of the council, the work continued according to plan, and the church was reinaugurated in 1668. It was built by the Flemish Jesuit and architect, Jean-Baptiste Gilles (Hispanized name was Juan Bautista Edigiano), the works on the façade were directed by Diego Martínez de Oviedo, Oviedo is very likely to follow the plan provided by Gilles.
caption: Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús in 1856 by sir Robert Clements and Clements Markham
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