travel south america peru lima cercado de lima lima metropolitan cathedral chapels
Both sides of Lima Metropolitan Cathedral feature side aisles with many elaborate Chapels.
Here are a few of them starting with the most elaborate...
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Chapel of Our Lady of Evangelization, patroness of the Archdiocese of Lima, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
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Chapel of Our Lady of Evangelization altarpiece and diorama, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
The image of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus is a 1.70 meter tall polychrome wood carving by Roque Baldugue done in the second third of the 16th century.
Details, Chapel of Our Lady of Evangelization, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of Our Lady of Evangelization, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of Our Lady of Evangelization, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of the Virgen de la Canbdelaria, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of the Virgen de la Canbdelaria, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Funerary chapel of Pizarro, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Funerary chapel of Pizarro, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Funerary chapel of Pizarro, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
In researching this chapel on the internet I found out that an old casket was discovered in 1977 that claimed to have the skull of Pizarro.
Forensic anthropologists and historians claim that these new bones where the real bones of Pizarro.
From here it got even more confusing... It was said that the remains were not fit to show the public so they were put in a small ooffin inside the glass srcophagus.
However, the photo above shows what I saw in the Lima Cathedral. On the internet, there is a picture of the same glass sarcophagus and skeleton, facing the other way, identified to be in Quito.
Chapel of Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of Our Virgin of Antigua, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Chapel of San Jose, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
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