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Basilica and Convent of San Francisco de Lima

Basilica and Convent of San Francisco de Lima

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Basilica and Convent of San Francisco de Lima

Name: Basilica and Convent of San Francisco de Lima
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Location: Lima Province, Peru

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Matto

April 2, 2024

The Franciscan Monastery of Lima is one of the most spectacular buildings in the capital of Peru. It impresses not only with its monastery and the cathedral with the imposing double tower facade, but also with its ancient treasures in the library and its catacombs, where the bones of 70,000 dead can still be viewed today.

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Andi

April 28, 2024

A few years after the founding of Lima, Francisco de Santa Ana arrived in Lima in 1546 and built a modest and small church, which was later expanded along with the monastery by the Viceroy of Peru, Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza. The magnificent extensions were not very solidly built and were completely destroyed in the earthquake of February 4, 1655.

Francisco de Borja, General Commissioner of the Franciscans, commissioned the Portuguese architect Constantino de Vasconcellos to plan the new church and Limeño Manuel Escobar to build it on the same site. The Viceroy Luis Enriquez de Guzmán laid the foundation stone on May 8, 1657. The new church was solemnly consecrated on October 3, 1672, and work on the monastery continued until 1729. In 1941, the church and the monastery complex were declared a national cultural heritage site. Pope John XXIII. raised the church of San Francisco de Jesus to the rank of a minor basilica with his letter of January 11, 1963. In 1966 and 1970, earthquake damage occurred again. In 1988, the church became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the historic old town of Lima.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilika_St._Franziskus_(Lima)

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Björn

January 26, 2021

A beautiful church with a very busy forecourt.

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