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Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa

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Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa

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Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa

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    April 27, 2024

    Hiking

    Saint Catherine of Siena is the saint who inspired this monastery, where silence found its voice in the bright colors of its walls and in the cobbled corridors that converge on the beautiful main square.
    Santa Catalina is more than a monastery, a melting pot of secrets that the visitor can barely guess through its enclosures, but whose truth will remain forever within its walls.
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    June 15, 2022

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    A guided tour of this beautiful monastery is highly recommended, with its intensely colored walls and the interesting history hidden behind these walls. Founded at the end of the 16th century, this complex developed as a city within the city, where the nuns lived their lives isolated from the outside world.
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    June 3, 2016

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    Santa Catalina is one of the most fascinating religious buildings in Peru. Nor is it just a religious building – the 20,000-sq-meter complex is almost a citadel within the city. …

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    Location: Arequipa, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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