LA MERCED CONVENT
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MUSEUM
SANTO DOMINGO
MUSEUM
CUSCO
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CONVENT AND MUSEUM of LA MERCED Address: Plazoleta Espinar,Calle Mantas 121. The Museum of La Merced is one and a half block far from the Main Square. This religious museum is on the ground floor of the main cloister. The valuable collection of canvas of the Cusco School of Painting decorates its walls and represents to the saints related to the Merced Order and with the redemption of the Christian caught by the Moros. Some of these pieces are said to belong to the painters of Cusco: Basilio Santa Cruz and Ignacio Chacón. A very important piece is the one about the life of Saint Pedro Nolasco. In front of the patio in a small room, we can admire the famous Custody of La Merced as protected as it should be becasue it is one of the most valuable jewels of Colonial Cusco. Among its ornaments, it is outstanding a huge irregular pearl known as "syren". In the same room we can admire silver pieces, liturgical clothes embroidered in gold and silver, as well as sculptures such as Christ in ivory. But the most important paintings belong to Bernando Bitti: The "Inmaculada Concepcion" (Immaculate Conception) and "The Crown of the Virgin". It is worth to mention the piece of the Gloomy "Crucificado" (crucified) owned by Zurbaran. One of the most attractive parts of the museum is the prison of the father Salamanca. All the walls of this humble room are covered with paintings of biblical scenes that remind us the religious spirit of its famous inhabitant. Exposition: Paintings of the Academy of Cusco XVII-XIII centuries. Carved stone cloister. Other objects of religious art. Telephone.: (084) 23-1821 Admission time: Mon- Sat from 8:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00. The visit takes about 35 minutes and there are guides. Exposition: Exhibition of sacred ornaments used in the Colony. Address: Plaza de Santo Domingo. Telephone (084) 222071 
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