Religious site
Neighborhood: Lima
Phone: +51 1 427 9647
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It was Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro who laid the first stone here. The cathedral is bordered by 15 chapels, one of which holds the remains of the conquistador himself. The interior, adorned with cruciform pillars, candelabras and Italian marble flooring, exemplifies the beauty of colonial architecture. Also worth seeing are the altars dedicated to Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo and to the Virgen de la Evangelizacion, as well as the magnificent Pedro de Noguera choir stalls. The sacristy serves as the Museum of Religious Art, which displays sacred artifacts, liturgical furnishings and paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Museum admission is five soles; students and children under eight pay just three soles.
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Nice place
The first thing that stuck out to me was that you had to pay to get into the church, i thought that ...
Reviewed by:bojorki.bojorki from on Aug 29 2008
No me gusta
I didn't find this cathedral to be that impressive. There are 2 interesting parts of the museum...
Reviewed by:jotajrivera from on Aug 06 2008
Great value, less great as a Cathedral
The Cathedral isn't the most impressive, fairly small scale. But it is pretty. What you can se...
Reviewed by:ghchiu from on Jun 13 2008
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