The Iglesia de la Recoleta is a Catholic church in Cuzco, Peru.
| Iglesia de la Recoleta | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic |
| Location | |
| Location | Cuzco, Peru |
| Architecture | |
| Groundbreaking | 1559 |
| Completed | 1601 |
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
editConstruction 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 seriously affected the temple. For this reason, on February 3, 1688, Nicolás Huallpa, a native of Oropesa, hired Juan Tomás Tuyro Túpac to make 360 ashlars for the reconstruction of the temple tower.[5] By contrast, the 1950 earthquake caused little damage to the building.[6]
References
edit- ^ Relación de Monumentos Históricos del Perú (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: Instituto Nacional de Cultura. 1999. p. 37.
- ^ "Ciudad del Cusco". UNESCO.
- ^ Angles Vargas 1983, p. 502.
- ^ Angles Vargas 1983, p. 503.
- ^ Angles Vargas 1983, p. 504.
- ^ Kubler 1953, p. 29.
Bibliography
edit- Angles Vargas, Víctor (1983). Historia del Cusco (Cusco Colonial) (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Lima: Industrialgrafica S.A.
- Kubler, George (1953). Cuzco: reconstrucción de la ciudad y restauración de sus monumentos (in Spanish). UNESCO.