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San Francisco by AKtravelersLeave a Comment Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor
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 catacombs by Jim_EliasonLeave a Comment Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor
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 The main facade by SirRichard
There are guided tours (most in spanish, but also in english) showing you the many chapels, paintings, stairs, patios... Leave a Comment Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor
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 San Francisco de Asis by El_Sueco
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. Leave a Comment
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 The catacombs by El_Sueco
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. Leave a Comment
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 Church of San Francisco by richiecdiscLeave a Comment Directions: Just up the street from Hotel Espana, conveniently on the way to El Cordano!
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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). Leave a Comment Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor
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Our guide kept calling this a convent, but I think that is a missed translation on her part because when I think of a convent, I think of nuns. Apparently this church is most famous for the catacombs, and secondarily for the library and collection of religious art. It is probably best known for a mural of the last supper depicting the apostles dining on guinea pig and a devil standing next to Judas.
We saw none of that, because we stayed to see if the Chinese Ambassador would come out of the government building while we were watching so we had to cut short our visit here. The catacombs are somewhat claustraphobic, and the site is definitely not handicapped accessible. Some people didn't even go in and waited outside in the courtyard.
The San Francisco Monastery and Church was consecrated in 1673 and is one of the best preserved colonial churches in Lima. It withstood the earthquakes of 1687 and 1746 but did suffer extensive damage in a quake in 1970.
The architecture has been described as baroque or Spanish Neoclassicism.
It is open every day from 9:45 to 5:30
Adult 5.00 S/I
Students 2.50 S/I
Child 1.00 S/I Leave a Comment Directions: two blocks from the Plaza Mayor
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This church and monastery date of the 17th century, and you can see a lot of the Spanish influence there. I was specially impressed to see a "mudejar" dome in the monastery. Of course much of the work has had to be renovated due to the many earthquakes that the city of Lima has suffered. When you're walking around the omnastery you can even see how croocked the walls are! Also interesting to see are the library, and the catacombs of the church. The catacombs were the local cemetery for many years, so under the church thousands of bodies are thought to be burried. Leave a Comment Directions: Just Next To The Plaza Mayor
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