Archdiocesan Shrine of the Heart of Jesus - San Pedro
Baroque colonial church whose massive brick and stone walls grew far beyond a tiny founding plot.
This guide to the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Heart of Jesus - San Pedro in Lima starts from a puzzle: the tiny plot the Jesuits were given in 1568 and the massive church standing on the site today simply don't match. It traces two centuries of quiet expansion, from the small first chapel through the church begun in 1618 on the floor plan of the Gesu in Rome, finished in 1638 before the viceroy. Along the way you'll hear how the walls were built with calicanto, a hard colonial mortar, and how that construction let the church shrug off earthquakes that flattened lighter buildings nearby. Look up at the tower as you listen, where more of that stubborn ambition is waiting.
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