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Museo Colonial de San Francisco
Museo Colonial de San Francisco Review
This gloomy former convent, adjacent to Iglesia San Francisco, houses the best collection of 17th-century colonial paintings on the continent. Inside the rooms wrapping around an overgrown courtyard are 54 large-scale canvases portraying the life of St. Francis (don't miss the huge painting of his religious order's "family tree"), as well as a plethora of religious iconography ranging from tiny paintings of the Virgin Mary to life-size carvings of Christ. Most pieces are labeled in Spanish and English. One gallery does double-duty as a gift shop, and it's difficult to tell exactly what is for sale.
- Address: Londres 4, La Alameda, Santiago | Map It
- Phone: 2/639-8737
- Cost: 1,000 pesos
- Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10-1:30 and 3-6, Sun. 10-2
- Metro Santa Lucía, Universidad de Chile.
- Location: La Alameda
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