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San Francisco Church And Convent: The Church of San Francisco beat Lima Cathedral
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  • By AKtravelers on March 4, 2005
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  • Entering the Church of San Francisco - Lima
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    The Church of San Francisco is one of the few buildings that predates Lima's 18th century earthquake, which alone makes it worth a visit. But its interior beauty also far surpasses that of Lima's cathedral. If you want to get an idea of what religious life was like during Spanish colonial times, this is the place to come. It's in a quaint square just down a few narrow streets from the Plaza de Armas.

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  • Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: Iglesia San Francisco Catacombs
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  • Updated By Jim_Eliason on September 23, 2004
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  • catacombs - Lima
    catacombs
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    Deep under Iglesia San Francisco is its weirdest site. In the catacombs are the remains of 1000's. The monks here have arranged these remains by bone types, the strangest is this arrangement in an old well

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  • Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: San Francisco
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  • By SirRichard on September 24, 2005
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  • The main facade - Lima
    The main facade
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    San Francisco is probably the most famous church here after the Cathedral. Inside the convent you will find a magnificient library, catacombs and some peaceful patios. There are guided tours (most in spanish, but also in english) showing you the many chapels, paintings, stairs, patios...

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  • Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: San Francisco de Asis (1)
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  • Updated By El_Sueco on August 21, 2004
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  • San Francisco de Asis - Lima
    San Francisco de Asis
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    One of the most important religious centres. Founded by Francisco Pizzaro en 1535. 1656 the tempel of San Francisco was destroyed, but a new tempel was reconstructed during the XVII century. It has the best exterior of any of the religious buildings of Lima from colonial times. In the area are also a monastery, a museum and the catacombes.

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: San Francisco de Asis (5)
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  • Updated By El_Sueco on May 13, 2003
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  • The catacombs - Lima
    The catacombs
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    The catacombs served as a cementary until 1808, it is estimated that more than 80.000 bodies were put to rest there. The bone reservoirs are 10 m deep, and is build to resist seismic waves. Also note the crypt with the name Venerables where the rests of Fray (brother) Juan Gómez are placed (died 1631). Fray Juan Gómez was immortilized by the famous peruvian author Ricardo Palma in the tradicional legend "El Alacrán [Scorpion] de Fray Gómez.

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: Church of San Francisco
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  • Updated By richiecdisc on March 10, 2003
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  • Church of San Francisco - Lima
    Church of San Francisco
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    This baroque church with distinct Moorish influences survived earlier earthquakes but in 1970, it did not fare so well. Its restoration was so detailed and complete that it remains one of Lima's best examples of colonial architecture.

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  • Directions: Just up the street from Hotel Espana, conveniently on the way to El Cordano!

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: San Francisco de Asis (6)
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  • By El_Sueco on May 13, 2003
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  • A distant view of books - Lima
    A distant view of books
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    The librery contains more or less 25000 volumes, written in different languages and on different topics. A catalogization of the books is going on for the moment. The librery is only accessable for research and people with special interest. We others just have to pass by.

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: Iglesia de San Francisco
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  • Updated By acemj on September 17, 2006
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  • San Francisco Church And Convent - Lima
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    A visit to this church and monastery is only 5 Soles and is well worth it. The church dates to 1674 and was my first introduction to "Lima Baroque" architecture, which I still don't really understand. However, I did enjoy seeing the carved portal and seeing the artwork throughout the monasteries many rooms, courtyards and stairways. I must admit that I was concerned about the preservation of much of the artwork and carvings, which are mostly just exposed to the elements and don't seem to be very well-maintained. Tours can be arranged in English, but we just followed along with the nearest guide who happened to be speaking Spanish. One of the best parts of the tour is going down underneath the structure into the catacombs where the bones of over 75,000 people are stacked in some interesting patterns (skulls, hipbones, femurs, etc. are all neatly stacked together in an eerie type of organization).

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  • Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: Iglesia San Francisco
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  • Updated By Jim_Eliason on June 14, 2006
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  • Iglesia San Francisco - Lima
    Iglesia San Francisco
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    One of Lima's most impressive churches is the church and convent at Plaza San Francisco. Besides visiting the church proper be sure to take the convent tour.

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  • Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor

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    San Francisco Church And Convent: Convento de San Francisco
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  • Updated By thebeatsurrender on June 20, 2007
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    Exquisite interiors and courtyards highlight San Francisco Monastary -- in my opinion the highlight of our day in Central Lima. There was no English tour when we went. We tagged along for a Spanish tour for a few minutes before giving up, but it was just as well. The best part was wandering the halls and stairways of the monastary by ourselves, discovering what was around the next corner. Down a long hallway, the light filtering through rows of arches... up a staircase to overlook the richly colored church interior... down into the darkness of the catacombs...

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