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first tumultuous manifestations of the revolu–
tion of 1814.
The Temple.
This is one of the best preserved buildings
of colonial Cuzco. All around its walls are paint–
ings of great artistic value. A·mong others are
"St. Peter Nolasco" going to the Choir in the
a.rms of the "Cherubim", "The Descent" copies
from Rubens, "The Virgin and the Child", "St.
Catherine" and others. Extremely interesting also
are the pictures which decorate the arches of the
windows, as well as the corners of the choir arch.
There still
r~main
carved and gilded tablets of the
most
exgu~
ite
olo i
1
ar t. In
e ha ement of
the chunch vepo e he l(·eimains of
reat person–
ages of Cuzco, as weU as 1he conq erors, Gon–
zalo Pizarro and he Almagros, father and son,
who were executed in the principal plaza of
Cuzco.
San Francisco.
The monastery of San Francisco rises at the
side of the park of that name.
History
The Franciscan order was founded in Cuz–
co the Friars who carne w ith Pizarro, within
a
f
ew years
f
ollow ing the conquest.
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