# Basilica and Convent of San Francisco

Lima, Peru

A Franciscan complex of Limeño Baroque splendor, rebuilt from 1657 after an earthquake. Beneath its tiled cloisters and historic library lie vast catacombs holding the remains of tens of thousands of colonial dead, one of Lima's most haunting sights.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: -12.0455, -77.02739

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