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The Monastery has occupied three sites: the

first in Choquechaca; the second, in the place

which today is the "Portal de Panes", which was

kno~n

as Kasana; and finally, the present site,

which in the time of the Incas was a great open

space between cultivated terraces.

Style

It is of the type of the Renaissance, of mas–

siv

structure, the walls guiltless of ornamenta–

tion; the

acade, however, has decorations of

plateresque style, but in,. a very subdued mode.

The temple is in the form of a Latin cross

with three nave , s·milaF to sorne úf the temples

already described.

The convent · built in quadrangular form,

coropr1s1ng vatlous cloisters.

The Monastery

The Monastery is entered from the South of

the terp.ple. Between the arch which serves as the

porter's lodge, and under the great steeple

orm–

ing a tower and belfry, is a little chapel contain-

ing tal;>lets of shining gilt and attractive pictures.

From the porter's lodge one enters the cloist–

er of honor. Down stairs there are also paintings

of interest, especially those on the walls to the

East, which represent the life of St. Francis,

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