Peru Vacation - The Convent of the Recoleta - Arequipa

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Uploaded on February 12, 2010 by peru_travel_trends

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The Convent of the Recoleta was built by the Franciscan order in 1647..
.. in Perus second largest city, Arequipa, in the neighborhood of Antiquilla.

It contains several cloisters, a huge library of more than 20,000 rare books,
and museums featuring religious art, the Amazon and Pre-Columbian artifacts.

It also houses a gallery of paintings from the Cusco School of religious art.

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Arequipa, Adventure Travel, Vacations Peru, Travel Machu Picchu, Travel South America, Peru Vacation, Travel & Outdoors
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