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CUZCO:
THE
HISTORICAL
AND
MONUMENTAL
CITY
OF PERU
SAN P,EDRO
(Parroquial
church~.
- Found to the west of the
eity and two squaT-e& from Santa Clara.
lts
exterior is noteworthy
fc1r
its elegant but simple construction. AH the stone used
Wll.9
l:>rought from the ruine of the Incaic roads of
Pli.cc.!iu,
to
the northeast.
Its steeple is hig.h and well proportioned. The chureh cost four
hundr d thousarnd pesos, donated by Fathare Licenciado André!!
Miollinedo y Angulo.
It
was founded in 16 8 and its site formed
part
of
the Hospital de Los aturales (or I ndiana) established iu
1556 during the time of the Conqueror Garclla o de la Vega.. Under
tho
chu:r.chis the railway station to the Valles del Vilcaneta, and
adjoining is the Asilo de la Infancia, founded by the eñorita
Elvira García y Ga cia, former'ly
d,i~e
t
of
t
e
oJegio do
Educandas and at pre
Lima.
LA ALMUDENA
e western part of the eity,
adjoining the Ho pi
crí¡et~y
It
is loca.ted
wbout .seven squarei.
e
ro.
FOlllll
rly the Convent of
Pa.dres B etlemitas. H il'ein
''ª
rece1ved a.n.d kept the seal lrnown
as
"Real de la &udiencia", details of which are mentioned by Dr.
Ignacio de astro in bis interesting book "Las Fie tas Reales d l
Cuzco". Tbere will be O'bserV'ed an i'll teresting sculpture " u stra
Señora de la Natividad" done by a nativa arti t in the 17th
Century, (D. Juan Tomáis) who, it is said, wa eonv rted to religion
in
ord r to continue hi work, wbich
w111
ordered done by the
Bishop Mollin do
i
Angulo on the ame Jines and in commcmoratfon
of the other image v nerated in anta María, Ma'Clrid.
SANTIAGO
(Parroquial) - Leaviug the lmudena and towards
the south you
will
dind tbi parochial church, now abandoned,
locatied among desolate tr et witb hou e oí adobe.
It
was
~Qllll.d.~d.
i111 1571 and therein congrega ed the pa.n.iard .
Ali
th "