Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena Review

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Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena

  • Address: Santa Catalina Angosta s/n, Cusco
  • Phone: 084/223-245

Fodor's Review:

An extensive collection of Cusqueñan religious art is the draw at this still-working Dominican convent, which incorporates a 1610 church with high and low choirs and baroque friezes. Although there's not much to show of it these days, the convent represents another example of the pasting of Catholic religion over indigenous faiths—it was built on the site of the Acllawasi, the house of some 3,000 Inca chosen women dedicated to teaching, weaving Inca ceremonial robes, and worship of Inti, the Inca sun god.

  • Cost: Boleto Turístico
  • Open: Mon.-Thurs. and Sat. 9-5, Fri. 9-3:30
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