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Virreinal
Art Museum, Church and Carmelite Convent. Constructed
in 1710. Located in Melgar N° 303 (street)
in Arequipa city. Daily visits
from 9 am to 4:30 pm - admission S/. 10
(US $ 3.30 aprox).
After almost 300 years of foundation, it
is opened to the public since 2001. It
leaves for the first time from this
monumental architectonic set, to show
the treasures kept throughout its three
centuries of existence. More than three
hundred works of art they are displayed
in its twelve gallery rooms. Some rooms
show their original style since still
they are in use on the part of the nun to certain hours of the day.
Other rooms display a thematic
organization. Before visiting the
monastery a return by the Room of
Interpretation puts in key for the
understanding of the techniques and
materials to us used in the art of the virreinal period. The collections are
varied: colonial-era paintings, sculptures,
murals, metalworks, gold and silver jewels of
religious art, and objects of daily use,
all of them corresponding ones to
centuries XVI, XVII and XVIII. |