This former Inca building on Plaza Nazarenas was acquired by the Jesuits in 1644 and then in 1757 by the Nazarene Order who converted it into a church and convent, it was used as such until 1977. It has since been restored and converted into a luxury hotel, the Belmond Palacio Nazarenas, which opened in 2012. The Incas believed the snake (amaru) was the deity that ruled the underworld; this part of Cusco was originally known as Amaru Qata.