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río and San Jerónimo, the doctors of the Iglesias, in which will be
noted the inspirartion of the noted Ribera i Zurbaroán. In the main
sala are po!l"traits of the Bishops,
among which
cain be pointed
out those of the Prelate Pérez Arimendaris.
Incaic remains: "---- To the right of San Antonio is a Kkicll11
(alley way) on the walls of whkh are engr.aved seven serpent...
For this reason the alley is known as the ''Siete Culebras''· Today
it forms part of the Deaterio de las Madres Nazarenas. Following
to the north an,d on an u'Pper street will be seen other Incaic walls
with similar decorations of s-erpents. This district during the time
oí' th'e Incas was known as Puma Curcu.
It
is said that here wa3
established the military school of the Huarakko-s,
an institution
of Indian knight
ar~·iors
wl\.o followed th.e same
cust~ms
as
those of the Cla'bal ros of medireval times iru the cele;brat1on
oJ'
their fiestas between the 22rud -Of December, and t1ie 22nd of
January, dul'ip,g whie1h
time there was aLso ccn:nmemwated the
Kccfbpacc Raimi.
The small church next to the Convent is known as the Desea!·
zas and belongs to the Nazarenos, founded
in
1695. While-
th~
walls oí the Convento Nazareno are Incaic
in
their design
thd
dragon,s carved in the ston,e work are of the Colonial Mw:l.a. '
The hou19é fronting rthe chur,ch, with large ba;lcony
and low
entrance and tO'day the Colegio Salesiano de Niñas was fonnerly
the home of distinguished Colonials. The occupants are not now
known.
EL ALMIRANTE Y SAN BORJA. (Colonial houses). -
úne
block from the Nazarenas towards the Plaza de Armas will be seen
a lordly man,gion of Cuzco-Spanish design.
It is known by
th~
exclusive ·name as "Casa del Almiran
te".Traditionally it was the
home of a rich and profligate Spanish admir.al. From investígations
made
by Dr. Garcia, (author of "La Ciudad de los Incas") this
house
aJ.sol>elonged to various other 'Persons (bishops .and caipitains)
but it would appear that the nMne
is derived from
a Spanish
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