Cuzco No. 3 / Cusco / Qosqo / Qusqu
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view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: the Templo de la Sagrada Familia, part of the Complejo de la Catedral de Cuzco
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Almestar, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2010 by Maria Almestar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Templo_de_la_Sagrada_Familia_-_Complejo_de_la_Catedral_de_Cuzco.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Calle Mantas to the [left] is the belltower of the Church and Convent of La Merced"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150827014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Calle Mantas to the [left] is the belltower of the Church and Convent of La Merced"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Etsai, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 October 2005 by Etsai [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calle-del-medio-Cusco.jpg] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19996CUZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1536?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia y Covento de la Merced
Font Location in Church: [destroyed]
Church Notes: former convent of the Orden de las Mercedarias
Church Address: Mantas 121, Cusco 08002, Peru -- Tel.: +51 84 231821
Site Location: Cusco, Cusco, Peru, South America
Directions to Site: Located off road 3S [Av. de la Cultura], about 1,100 km SE of Lima. The cathedral is located in the city centre, just SW of the Plaza de Armas.
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis del Cusco
Additional Comments: destroyed font? (the original church was destroyed in the 1650 earhquake)
Font Notes:
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The original font here was probably destroyed, like the rest of the church, in the earthquake of 1650. A new font may have been introduced in the re-building of this curch in 1675. Harvey & Harvey (2014) report that the 1650 earthquake practically destroyed the city of Cuzco: "Casi todo el Cuzco, quedó destruido [...] se arruinaron: el convento de la Merced y Santa Catalina íntegramente."