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Monastery of Santa Catalina

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Monastery of Santa Catalina

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Please check local regulations for: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de Arequipa

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Location: Arequipa, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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Matto

April 27, 2024

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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Martin

June 15, 2022

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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buskultur

June 3, 2016

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. It was founded in 1580 by a rich widow, doña María de Guzmán. Enter from the southeast corner.

The best way to visit Santa Catalina is to hire one of the informative guides, available for S20 from inside the entrance. Guides speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Japanese. The tours last about an hour, after which you’re welcome to keep exploring by yourself, until the gates close. The monastery is also open two evenings a week so that visitors can traipse through the shadowy grounds by candlelight as nuns would have done centuries ago.

Read more: lonelyplanet.com/peru/arequipa-and-canyon-country/arequipa/sights/religious/monasterio-de-santa-catalina#ixzz4ATKTyvW9

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Location: Arequipa, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

Monastery of Santa Catalina

1. Plaza San Francisco, Arequipa – Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa loop from Arequipa

2. Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa – Yanahuara Viewpoint loop from 7 Esquinas

3. Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa – Plaza San Francisco, Arequipa loop from Magnopata

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