Mario Vargas' photos with the keyword: convento

In the fountain at the yard of San Francisco´s Convent, Lima downtown

Santa CAtalina´s convent, Arequipa, Peru

Pano of two shots, archerie of the oldie novitiate of Santo Domingo , probably from XVI th century and clothes hanging. Lima downtown. There was a cellebration because Santa Rosa de Lima birth date. Check full size

Framed through a red wall, Santa CAtalina Convent, Arequipa, Peru

Third shot of the serie, now the walls with reds against blue sky

I recently visited Santa Catalina Convent at Arequipa, 600 miles south from Lima A lovely city with fantastic weather, is called The withe city because many of its oldie houses and buildings were made with a vulcanic stone called sillar.(white stone) Santa Catalina Convent (in honour to Santa Caterina of Siena) was builded in 1579 and could be visited. Is a city inside the city of Arequipa. At the covent blue and red colours fight for predominance. So my next several shots try to sample this beautiful colours inside the Convent. The picture shows a red geranium over a blue wall

details of columns, archerie, fences and flowers. PAtio Convento Agustinos-Recoletos, La Popa Mountain, Cartagena, Colombia