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San Francisco Church and Convent

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Mark







PostPosted: June 16, 2006 11:30 AM 

We walked from there to San Francisco, a church and convent from colonial times. The church is very old and the architecture is amazing, and was once part of a Franciscan monestary. They did not allow photos, but we sniuck a few hear and there.

We then descended to the catacombs below the church, which were used a cemetary. The funeral would be held in the church, and then they would carry the body down the steps into the catacombs to be interred. They believe there are 25,000 people buried below the chruch, the bones are all mixed up, and many are classified and displayed nicely for us to see. There is a second (lower) level, but that has not be excavated or opened up.

There are also some ornate courtyards in the monestary, along with paintings and sculptures. In the front of the church, there is another fountain, with thousands of pigeons, which school children were scaring to make them fly everywhere. We were lucky that no presents were dropped on us from above.

MIchelle bought a small copper church from the gift shop.


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