Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
A vast Franciscan church and convent complex with cloisters, a historic library, a religious-art museum, Passion paintings and underground colonial burial spaces popularly known as the catacombs.
The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
San Francisco is more than a catacomb attraction: approach it as a living Franciscan complex whose church, cloisters, art and burial spaces hold together prayer, mortality and the history of evangelization in Lima.
Franciscan basilica and convent
Begin with the living church and the architecture of Franciscan prayer before the museum circuit.
Passion paintings
The official tourism source highlights twelve paintings associated with the Rubens school in the De Profundis room.
Colonial burial spaces
Descend respectfully into the historic underground burials commonly called Lima’s catacombs.
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