{"id":19491,"date":"2014-07-22T21:50:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T16:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/machu-picchu\/destaques\/main-temple\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:10:41","slug":"templo-principal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/pt-br\/machu-picchu\/destaques\/templo-principal\/","title":{"rendered":"O Templo Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Situado<\/strong> na Pra\u00e7a Sagrada, no Setor Urbano de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/pt-br\/machu-picchu\/\">Machu Picchu<\/a>, o Templo Principal \u00e9 um edif\u00edcio impressionante de formato retangular, composto por 2 paredes laterais e 1 parede traseira. A base do templo \u00e9 formada por grandes pedras l\u00edticas que sustentam pedras de tamanho mais regular e talhadas com grande precis\u00e3o. O Templo Principal tem um total de <strong>17 nichos de formato trapezoidal<\/strong> que muito provavelmente eram usados para oferendas cerimoniais. A parede traseira do templo tamb\u00e9m possui 6 grandes pinos de pedra, que provavelmente eram usados para pendurar decora\u00e7\u00f5es ou ajudar de alguma forma nos rituais realizados no templo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Na \u00e9poca inca<\/strong>, dizia-se que o templo era adornado com mantos coloridos, emblemas e m\u00famias dos mais importantes l\u00edderes incas. O templo supostamente abrigava uma ef\u00edgie de P\u2019unchao, um s\u00edmbolo sagrado divino feito de ouro maci\u00e7o que representava o deus inca <strong>Wiraqocha<\/strong>. Quando os incas abandonaram Machu Picchu no momento da conquista espanhola, levaram consigo todos os artefatos mais importantes e deixaram para tr\u00e1s apenas a estrutura de pedra que vemos hoje. Para entender melhor esse contexto, vale ver tamb\u00e9m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/pt-br\/machu-picchu\/machu-picchu-curta-historia\/\">a hist\u00f3ria de Machu Picchu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e1rios <strong>terremotos<\/strong> ao longo dos anos comprometeram a estrutura do Templo Principal e causaram danos. Isso fica mais evidente no canto traseiro direito do edif\u00edcio, onde as pedras se separaram e desceram.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5992\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5992\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-2.jpg\" alt=\"O Templo Principal: Machu Picchu\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-2.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-2-65x50.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O Templo Principal: Machu Picchu<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5991\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5991\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-1.jpg\" alt=\"O Templo Principal: Machu Picchu\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.theonlyperuguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Main-Temple-Machu-Picchu-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O Templo Principal: Machu Picchu<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situado na Pra\u00e7a Sagrada, no Setor Urbano de Machu Picchu, o Templo Principal \u00e9 um edif\u00edcio impressionante de formato retangular, composto por 2 paredes laterais e 1 parede traseira. A base do templo \u00e9 formada por grandes pedras l\u00edticas que sustentam pedras de tamanho mais regular e talhadas com grande precis\u00e3o. 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