Arequipa Nunnery
Woops! Totally forgot about this until just now. In Arequipa there’s a town within a town. A huge convent behind a huge wall now mostly open to the public. Only 30 nuns live there now (down from hundreds in the 15th century) and the place is run as a huge museum. The nuns are still there going about their business but you’ll never see them as they live in seclusion just as they have always done. Here’s some pics..
and Arequipa main plaza…
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