Cusco, Peru

Convent of Santa Catalina

Convent of Santa Catalina, Cusco

A Dominican convent that opened in 1605 on the site of an Inca temple for chosen women. Its first church rose between 1610 and 1612, and since 1975 the cloisters have housed a museum of the Cusco School of painting.

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Location

Coordinates: -13.51778, -71.97694

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