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THE

HISTOR~CAL

AND

CITY OF

P~RU

MONUMENTAL

Virgen'' a ''Cruciifieado'' -

now to be found in the Sacri11tía;

''El Martirio de San Cristól>ail";

''El Señor de la Fortazela";

"el Desposorio de San José y la Virgen", and "El Triunfo de

la I glesia'', a copy

of Rafael, which accordiug

to the

artist

mentioned was not done in Cuzco but brought there as a model.

eample.

SANTA TERESA, (Nun's Convent) and adjoining houses. -

This c.onvent is to the northeast of the city, situated on Huatanai.

There

is notad

the

Ineaic.

foundations,

and within

severa!

historical pi<1tures, the altar mayor decorated in silver

and the

ceilin¡¡IS also decorated in silYer. 'l'here

will

also be found on ita

lwalls, as in no other part of Cuzco, a type of glazed

tile .work.

The form of eonstrn t

·nown,

~ether

lncak, Colonial, or

nativa, -

as can be sa,id of ;practieally all of the buildings in the

wei:Jf;ern part of the city. During the :fiir$'t years otf the Conque·st

the

Convent of Santa Teresa and adjoining houses

w~s

a residence

t he Spanish magílltrai."e don Diego de Silva, godiather of the

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega,

a 1Joted hÍl:ltorian. Formerly,

in the

17th Century, it paissed to the family of don Diego de Vargas

Oarbajo, The convent v.¡as founded in

1773.

In the higher part forming the angle

of the Convent

and

frontiing

the Calle de Saphi

there

will

be seen a small

covered

baleony in which it is said the pompous Spanish {llagistrate (or

mayor) receivecl the he>mage of the people.

A Bridge. -

Under the areh of the Puente de Santa Teresa

011

the HuaLana1,

~nd

practically under the balcony a,forementioned,

is a sarnple of Incaic bridge work.

all the streets in the vi•cinity of Santa Teresa will be noted

man.y houses of white masonry and with I ncaic foundations. These