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ARCHITECTS: FRANCISCO BECERRA, JUAN MARTINEZ DE ARRONA, JUAN RHER, MATIAS MAESTRO (1602-1797)
Lima Metropolitan Cathedral in located in the Plaza Mayor of downtown Lima, Peru, and presents a nice clean traditional facade to the park.
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Central Nave and ceiling with Gothic ribs, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Left and right side aisles with individual chapels on the outside, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Clearstory windows above the Nave, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Pulpit, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Wall hanging, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Choir area and Altar done in 1799 by Matias Maestro, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Detail of Choir stalls woodwork with male and female saints and the "pulpit" at the end, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Organ, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Detail of ceiling above the organ, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Pew woodwork, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Confessional, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
Free-standing statues, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Lima, Peru, 2024.
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page last revised july 2024