the convent of San Francisco 
The Church of San Francisco is located at the junction of the third block of Jiron Ancash (San Francisco) with the first block of Jiron Lampa (Soledad).Crossing the threshold of its main entrance and the left side you can see a marble memorial plaque with the emblem of the Holy See, with the following words inscribed: John XXIII was pleased to raise this church of Jesus San Francisco de Lima to the category of basilica minor in brief January 11, 1963 beginning with these golden words: "Among so many beautiful temples that adorn the city of Lima, near the big port Pacific Ocean, deservedly stands the church of San Francisco Jesus,
 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
The most startling of this building are the catacombs, which strike more than one because they were the old cemetery in colonial times. 
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.
 This set of religious sites, is without doubt one of the most important 
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
 make this wonderful monument.

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
 architect and Lima Manuel Escobar, to request them to edify a new
 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