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OUZCO:
ntS'l'Olit CAL
AND
OITY OF PERU
veneraibl s as well a
t h e minu te details of th e ca.rvings in stoo•
In
San
F ranci co
1\'ill
be fo u nd
a
greate r n umber of
palnt ings th•
iu any convent
of
th city.
orn e of th em are mas te r pieces.
1'hen
i
onc of merit
that
m
a ures ten meters lügh by sevon
metetl
wide on
the
gen ology of
t he
order. Th
Jow
r
clois•t ers are
al11
noted for tbe<ir work on tbe Vida de San Fr.a.n cisco. The
anth01
is
a
Spanish monk named Basi!10 de Santa
Cruz,
who lived ma11
ycars in
'uzco and
woo
one of the original p romot er s
of th e a1
1
of painting. Thirty-two productions on t h e Vida <lel Sant o are tli
result of
i
lab-011'l'
th-e
oost of which will be seeill to the right
o
tbe
clolstt>r.
called "La
Piedad '
a ttribut d
·
m
t her t o Dun Eseot
oí
the Cou vent wil
1i•
es s eñor Tó
a h chreo1ogica
S.A.NTA CLARA (Convent of Monks). -
This convent, foundod
in
1567,
first occupi d the premises of las Nazarenas.
It
is to the
right
of
the arch. Tbe temple itself is somewhat h idden
by
the
recent new ·onstruetions of the MonkB who t brough a spirit of
eeonomy
have erected
some unsightly
buildings a.djoining
it.
One characteri.stie
feature of tLe Temiple
is t h e
glass
altaT's
surrounded by long candles.
It
is somewhat eurious t o n ote
the
falsified columna and spires of the convent.
Old Thoroughfa.res and Streets. -
Fronting
the T en:q:le
ot
Santa
Jara and extending two lilocks is an I ncaic strect in whieh
is located the
olcgio de
iencias, ancient walls anid severa] ho11ses,
t}le
tone construction of this treet is ·rude and irregular in fc>rm,
and without dc>nbt is on example of oldest Ineaic eonstruetion.