Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima

This guide to the Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo in Lima traces the marble statue of Saint Rose carved by Melchiorre Cafà in Rome in 1665, and the fatal accident that killed him at Saint Peter's before his work ever left Italy. It also follows the other craftsmen behind the building around the statue, the tile-layers from Seville who laid the blue-and-white cloister patterns and the woodcarvers who shaped the cedar choir stalls. Look for their signatures still worked into the tiles and the seats.