CHURCH OF THE COMPANY DE JESUS

One of the palaces most modern and greater than surrounds the greater seat by the great Qosqo was the one that belonged to the Inca Wayna Qhapaq. That palace was donated to the Jesuitas by the heirs of the conqueror Diego de Silva, time after its arrival to this city in 1571; so that they can construct they a church

The church mainly was done with andesite and has the prettiest facade of the city with its churrigueresco style and barroco.En the main entrance this the Virgin carved Immaculate Conception in berenguela (marble) closely together of her are two external chapels that lean to the main church; towards the north it is the chapel of the Virgin of Loreto (from 1894 she is well-known like the chapel of the Virgin of Lourdes) that today still is used for the cult and where it almost always adores the Gentleman of Towns (who was engaged in of we demolished them of the church of San Agustín). Towards the south it is the chapel of San Ignacio de Loyola that granted to the Society of the Qosqo de Artesanos. Within the church there is a wide ship; in its end the High Altar that was carved in wood of cedar with a hybrid style by Diego Martinez of Oviedo, also completely was gilded with hojuelas of gold by Merciful Cristóbal in 1670. This altar has 21 meters (69 feet) of stop and 12 mts. (39 feet) of wide, in his central part it is the efigie of the Virgin Immaculate Conception and superior there is a canvas that represents the Transfiguración of the Gentleman; upon him there is a statue of the same Order of some personage nonidentified. The main ship also has a way that communicates the two lateral chapels, are six altarpieces with style of the divers and a completely golden púlpito.