San Pedro Church (Iglesia de San Pedro)
San Pedro Church (Iglesia de San Pedro)
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Built by the Jesuits in 1638, this ornate church features baroque altars decorated in gold leaf, several colonial paintings and La Abuelita, the oldest bell in Peru.
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Kris J
Seattle, WA26 contributions
Jan 2020
This church, its cloisters, and it’s catacombs are definitely worth your time. It’s a short walk from the main plaza in Lima and gives tours in several languages at least every hour. The church is dazzling, the cloisters and their paintings opulent, and the catacombs suitably creepy.
Written 21 January 2020
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RandyRoss
Ridgetown, Canada12,749 contributions
Jan 2020
We visited the San Pedro Church on our walking tour of historic downtown Lima, booked on the Holland America ship Volendam. This is a beautiful church and certainly worth seeing. There is so much history in this city.
Written 29 March 2020
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jgladysz5782
New York10 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
Inexpensive, filled with art shipped in from across the world and catacombs in the basement. If you are doing Central Lima, make sure this is on your itinerary.
Written 19 October 2014
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Joanne K
Bloomington-Normal, IL261 contributions
May 2013 • Family
Out of all the cathedrals and churches we visited in Lima. This one was spectacular and more of a feel of the local church. We were not bombarded with requests for a guide, we did not have to pay to get in, nor were there scads and scads of people trying to sell goods to us on our way in and out.
The church itself is wonderful and well preserved and quieter than other churches we visited so it was nice to sit and take it all in without a lot of distraction.
The church itself is wonderful and well preserved and quieter than other churches we visited so it was nice to sit and take it all in without a lot of distraction.
Written 2 July 2013
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Luisa R
Düsseldorf, Germany256 contributions
May 2016 • Couples
This church is worth stopping by of you have time and are in the area. It has impressive colonial carvings.
Written 14 May 2016
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MichiganCookies
Michigan218 contributions
May 2014 • Couples
Not sure you could miss this church if you've a day in Lima as it's on every tour and in every tour book. It's a grand church with more gold gilt than I've seen almost anywhere,plenty of artistic detail and loads of history. As it's a free attraction and an easy one to do on your own - with a good guide book in hand - I'd definitely recommend time here if you are anywhere nearby.
Written 7 July 2014
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thomp56
Newport News, Virginia9 contributions
Feb 2013 • Friends
very old church 100's of years old. They use to bury people way down below the church ( like 1000's of bodies). you get a guide to explain everything in the church. make sure you have time to do this tour.
Written 6 January 2014
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JibsOz
Busselton, Australia138 contributions
Aug 2013 • Solo
Let me preface this review with a disclaimer: I have set foot in church rarely in my life. A couple of weddings (not my own) and a few sightseeing tours in various countries. Whilst I found this church interesting, I also found the some of the statuary/icons/whatever-you-call-'ems rather gruesome and a trifle disturbing. The Catholic church seems to have a fixation on the "suffering" bits of the Jesus story and not so much on the other 33 and how-ever-many years.
It is very fancy and extremely opulent so worth a quick look but I thought it was a tad grisly!
It is very fancy and extremely opulent so worth a quick look but I thought it was a tad grisly!
Written 11 August 2013
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Annmarie B
Edinburgh, UK123 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
Beautiful building, ornate decor inside. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and showed us aspects that we would have ordinarily not noticed.
Written 24 November 2018
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bagboy89
Tempe Arizona - USA87 contributions
Sept 2015
I thought the church was very interesting, as I have never been inside any catacombs before. Human skeletons and pits full of human skulls sort of give you an interesting feeling. Overall liked it, but felt like I was trespassing on many people's final resting place.
Written 18 January 2016
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