# Basilica and Convent of La Merced

Lima, Peru

One of Lima's founding churches, begun in 1535 and devoted to Our Lady of Mercy. Its carved stone facade is a masterpiece of Liman Baroque, fronting three cloisters and a venerated silver cross of the Conquest.

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Coordinates: -12.0483, -77.0327

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