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Guide at the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Arequipa
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Today, visitors can examine several
cloisters
- including the
Great Cloister
, which is bordered by a chapel - as
well as unusual sights such as the
Profundis Room
, a mortuary where the dead were mourned. (Lining the walls
here are portraits of deceased nuns, all painted posthumously.) Other sights include the
communal kitchen
, a small
square (called
Zocodober Square
) and the
cell
of the legendary Sor Ana, a nun known for her eerily accurate pre-
dictions.
NEED TO KNOW
22-9798;
www.santacatalina.org.pe
; Santa Catalina 301; admission S30;
9am-5pm, last entry
4pm, plus 7-9pm Tue & Thu
IGLESIA DE LA COMPAÑÍA
( 9am-12:30pm & 3-6pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-12:30pm & 3-6pm Sat, 9am-noon & 5-6pm Sun)
This di-
minutive Jesuit church on the southeast corner of the Plaza de Armas has a facade that is
| Church
