. Pacific shores from Panama . Severalbrothers in white stood watching him, their shavenheads and intellectual faces (for these Dominicansare of a studious stamp) making an attractive pic-ture for some Vibert or Zamacois against the goldenbackground of parchment-covered books lit by thesunlight that filtered through the leaded are other monasteries of lesser note, repeti-tions on a smaller scale of these great ones. Of Limas churches, San Pedro makes the richesteffect. It is the fashionable church of the city, andits dark aisles, with their deep-toned paintings set inelaborate gi
. Pacific shores from Panama . Severalbrothers in white stood watching him, their shavenheads and intellectual faces (for these Dominicansare of a studious stamp) making an attractive pic-ture for some Vibert or Zamacois against the goldenbackground of parchment-covered books lit by thesunlight that filtered through the leaded are other monasteries of lesser note, repeti-tions on a smaller scale of these great ones. Of Limas churches, San Pedro makes the richesteffect. It is the fashionable church of the city, andits dark aisles, with their deep-toned paintings set inelaborate gilded frames, their polychrome saints andmartyrs looking out from niches charged with carv-ings that wake the shadows with the glow of theirgolden ornaments, their retablos toned with thesmoke of incense and the dust of years, form a finebackground indeed for the beautiful women that fre-quent it—women whose pallid faces gleam like ivoryfrom beneath the lacy folds of the mantilla or thesombre pleats of the heavy manta. [70]. Patio of the Torre Tagle Palace, Lima LIMA, CITY OF THE KINGS The palace of the Torre Tagles without doubttakes precedence over all the secular buildings of thecity. Its superb balcones, the finest in the city, wouldalone arrest your attention, or its doorway, the bestexample of the Churrigueresque style that I saw inPeru. You may or you may not like this form ofarchitecture, with its bizarre proportions, its brokenpediments, its general lack of organism, but the merebulk of this entrance, the grandeur of its scale and ab-sence of finicky detail will prepare you for the splen-did court-yard within. This great patio is reachedthrough a deep vestibule where, after the fashion ofSpanish palaces, steps are arranged for mounting anddismounting from horses. The court itself is shaded by a broad projectingbalcony of cedar wood left without paint or varnish,its columns, arches, and balustrades richly carved,and its supporting corbels, elaborate and intricate indet
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