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20231213 – Cusco, Peru, Korikancha, Basilica and Saqsaywaman

by Ahmet98@Hotmail.com | Dec 25, 2023 | 20231201 Latin America and Antarctica - Princess Sapphire, 20231213 - Cusco, Peru, 20231213 - Cusco, Peru, Korikancha, Basilica and Saqsaywaman | 0 |

The most interesting oil painting we saw was by Marcos Apaka. He had painted a version of the Last Supper. He is a Quechuan artist commissioned to paint the Last Supper with Jesus in the middle and his disciples around the table. However, they did not tell him what the party was eating. So he put a guinea pig as the meal, and instead of wine, he put Chicha Morale, corn, etc., all local food. Judas is the only one holding silver under the table. He is the only one looking at the viewer. He is the only dark-skinned while all the others are white, and he painted Francisco Pizarro’s face for Judas!

20231213 – Cusco, Peru

by Ahmet98@Hotmail.com | Dec 24, 2023 | 20231201 Latin America and Antarctica - Princess Sapphire, 20231213 - Cusco, Peru | 0 |

In 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador, came from the north, where Ecuador is now. He used the Incan trails, which took him 45 days to get to Cusco. Like the European saying, Peruvians say, “All roads lead to Cusco.” Cusco was the capital of the Inka empire. The Spanish found plenty of gold and silver here. This gold only meant the representation of the sun for the Incas. Silver was the representation of the moon. The Incas had started an internal war in 1525, which weakened them against the Spanish onslaught.