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Santa Catalina:

The Convent of Santa Satalina

~tands

upan

the ruins of ACLLAHUASI. . It was founded early

the 17t.h

century

(1604) with members

brought from Arequipa on account of the fre–

quent earthquakes there. It is of modest architec–

ture, and has many valuable paintings, the most

conspicuous being t.hose of the Cuzco

~rtist

Juan

Espinoza de los Monteros. There are also 1many

tablets, the best ones being those placed on the

walls on the left side, where also stands the coat

of arms of Bishop Molin do, benefactor of this

Order.

pecial

permis~ion

necessary to

nt r

this convelll..t.

The

na tic house of Santa Teresa was

found ed in 1673

Andrés de Molinedo in the

name of his · cousin, Bishop Manuel de Molinedo.

Antonio d Zea gave to the convent the sum of

100,000 pesos. The convent of Santa Teresa had

been the house of doña Ucenda Loayza y. Bazán

and \vas r estored to accommodate the mona-ste–

ry. The temple has but one nave of quadrangular

shape and the interior walls are ornamented

'A~ ith

valuabl

pictures representing the life of'

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