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1650.
This painting portrays the ruined city and
th
e procession of the Lord of Earthquakes, and
a.n inscription in the corner announces that it
was executed through the devotion of Alfonso
Cortez de Monroy.
· An
important artistic embellishment is the
Christ carved in wood, which is found in a ret–
ablo of the nave of the Epistle; the image of St.
John, and others. The principal altar of
the
Chance! is well worthy of note. I
t
is carved
in
\VOOd and ornam nted with pict.ures andgildings.
This \.Vas ordered made by Bishop Gerónimo de
Romaní y Carrillo at his own cost, in the
18th
Century. T ere a-re also various other retablos
of wood a d gilt of artistic importanee.
The religious
a ition is that the Virgin Ma–
ry
put her feet und r the floor of the dome of the
transept at th
time Manco
II
hesieged the Span–
i
rds.
Jesús and Mary.
The temple of
J
esus and Mary
J
01ns
the
Cathedral on the
N
orth.
Its
construction
was
begun in 1723 when on September 13th
of
that
year Bishop ·Gabriel Arregui laid the first stone,
but the work was suspended when he died.
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