Enter the gates into the adobe brick walled community of the Santa Catalina de Siena Monastery in Arequipa Peru
Enter the gates into the adobe brick walled community of the Santa Catalina de Siena Monastery in Arequipa Peru and step back 400 years in time A must see in the White City of Arequipa Santa Catalina Monastery was begun in 1579 1580 forty years after the city was founded The monastery was enlarged over the centuries until it became a city within the city about 20000 sq m and covering a good sized city block At one time 450 nuns and their lay servants resided within the community closed off from the city by high walls In 1970 when the civic authorities insisted the monastery install electricity and running water the now poor community of nuns elected to open the greater portion of the monastery to the public in order to pay for the work The few remaining nuns retreated to a corner of their community and the remainder became one of Arequipa s prime tourist attractions MOB75 Santa Catalina Arequipa Peru Pic Picture photo photograph South America Spanish colonial Andes architecture arches colonial convent religion catholic travel tourism destination civilization culture Santa Catalina of Sena religious order architecture arches colonial perspective blue sky
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