Iglesia de la Recoleta (Peru)

Iglesia de la Recoleta
Religion
AffiliationCatholic
Location
LocationCuzco, Peru
Architecture
Groundbreaking1559
Completed1601

The Iglesia de la Recoleta is a Catholic church in Cuzco, Peru.

Since 1972 the property is part of the Monumental Zone of Cuzco, which was declared a Historical Monument of Peru.[1] Likewise, in 1983, being part of the historic centre of the city, it is part of the central area declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.[2]

History

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Construction began on the church in 1559, founded by Father Francisco de Velasco at the expense of the neighbor Toribio de Bustamante. The church was completed in 1601.[3] Next to the church a convent was built consisting of a small cloister, high and low, with a brick archway on stone columns where the religious lived.[4]

The 1650 earthquake [es] seriously affected the temple. For this reason, on February 3, 1688, Nicolás Huallpa, a native of Oropesa, hired Juan Tomás Tuyro Túpac [es] to make 360 ashlars for the reconstruction of the temple tower.[5] By contrast, the 1950 earthquake [es] caused little damage to the building.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Relación de Monumentos Históricos del Perú (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: Instituto Nacional de Cultura. 1999. p. 37.
  2. ^ "Ciudad del Cusco". UNESCO.
  3. ^ Angles Vargas 1983, p. 502.
  4. ^ Angles Vargas 1983, p. 503.
  5. ^ Angles Vargas 1983, p. 504.
  6. ^ Kubler 1953, p. 29.

Bibliography

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