Convento de San Francisco
Plaza San Francisco, Lima
Phone: ☎ (511) 426 7377
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Convento de San Francisco (Museo del Convento de San Francisco de Asis de Lima, The Franciscan Monastery or Catacombs), Plaza San Francisco, Lima, ☎ (511) 426 7377, [4]. Monday to Sunday 9:30am to 5:45pm. Fans of colonial churches will be pleased with the architecture of this well-known church in downtown Lima. However, the more compelling reasons to visit this cathedral include underground catacombs featuring over 25,000 real human skeletons (buried between the late 16th and early 19th centuries) arranged in artistic patterns, and also a beautiful library with mysterious, oversized books and spiral staircases in Harry Potteresque form. (-12.0455,-77.0272)
