that next to the great monastery of the Friars Minor produces a great
admiration for both the antiquity of its origin and its distinguished
architecture "and so on. Lima December 29, 1963.
catacombs
Was operated as such until 1810 and it is estimated that at that time
had to hold up to 25,000 people. Today you can see in the different
rooms a number of bones arranged by type and sometimes in quite
"artistic" as the grave. Some doors of the crypt - which according to
some hypotheses lead to corridors that connect with other churches
and even the government palace - make this a thrilling space.
and best architectural centers of the city, also one of the largest and
most beautiful legacies of the colonial era, consequently become
one of the cultural centers of Peru generates greater interest in visitors.
The buildings of the Shrine of Our Lady of Solitude, a neoclassical
façade, the Convent of San Francisco itself, with its Baroque
facade, the Chapel of the Miracle of neoclassical facade, are what
on 4 february 1655 to an earthquake in Lima that brought down the
Franciscan church, destroying untold artistic riches, coming down
all the effort of a century.
Fortunately, the Order did not shrink before this ordeal. Francisco
de Borja, the commissioner general, who was hired by the Portuguese
architect Constantino de Vasconcellos who made drawings of the
Temple, in the same place. And so it happened that the first stone
was laid by the then Viceroy, Luis Enriquez de Guzman, Count of
Alba de Liste, on May 8, 1657 and then in 1669 took charge of the
work the new Commissioner General of the order, Fray Luis de
Cervela, who managed to finish it.
The new temple was inaugurated with great pomp
on October 3, 1672
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