The places where the sacrifices were consumed were in accordance with the solemnity of the rites. They were consumed in the courtyards set apart for the special festivals. The general sacrifices, offered up on the principal festival of the Sun, called Raymi, were made in the great square of Cuzco. Other sacrifices and festivals of less importance were celebrated in front of the temple, in a great square where they performed the dances of all the provinces and nations in the empire. No one could pass from this square to the temple except barefooted, nor could any person enter the square itself with sandals on, because it was within the limits beyond which all must go barefooted. I will describe the extent of those limits, that it may be known what they were.

Three principal streets issue from the great square of Cuzco, and run in a north and south direction towards the temple. One follows the course of the stream. Another is that which, in my time, was called the Calle de la Carcel, because the Spanish prison was in it. I am told that it has since been removed to another part of the city. The third issues from the corner of the plaza, and runs in the same direction. There is another street, further to the eastward than any of these, which is now called the Calle de San Agustin. By all these four streets a person may go to the temple of the Sun.