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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

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

Scene Description: Source caption: "Calle Mantas to the [left] is the belltower of the Church and Convent of La Merced"

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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FontID: 19996CUZ

Church/Chapel: Iglesia y Covento de la Merced

Country Name: Peru

Location: Cusco, Cusco

Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis del Cusco

Date: ca. 1536?

Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?

Church Notes: former convent of the Orden de las Mercedarias

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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."