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was the Bishop of Cuzco, and the consecration

took place in 1668, under the episcopal direction

of Doctor Bernardo ·yzaguirre, eleventh Bishop o.f

Cuzco.

The Plan.

The plan is a Latín cross of three naves with

fourteen large columns and twenty-one semi–

circular arches which

orm as man

m.ore domes,

about sixty

eet in height.

There are ten interior chapels, including the

front, that in . the center being higher than the

ot.her two; and a door at either side which con–

nects with the adj acent temples of

esus and Mary

and the Triumph. There are two high spires with

the respective lf>elfries. In fhe toWer of the Evan–

gelio

the notable bell popu¡arly cal ed the "Ma–

ría

AngoJ~,_,.

It weighs twelve hundred pounds,

being com-posed of a mixture of gold and bronze,

and because of its composition

possesses a

harmonious resonance and may be heard twelve

·miles to the $outh of Cuzco.

Style.

The entire edifice is in the style of the Re–

naissance. The

acade , built about the middle of

tbe 17th century, and therefore subsequent to the

'1 rawing of the original plan, has ornaments of

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