Locations of the San Blas Temple in Cusco

The original chapel of San Blas was built in 1562 in the city of Cusco. After the March 31, 1650 earthquake, it became one of the most important temples and was decorated with great works of art.

The neighborhood is located on the same site as the old Inca neighborhood of T’oqokachi. Its architecture has a corridor shape with a Latin cross plant, a simple facade, and a belfry. It is kept inside a rich pictorial collection where the Cuzco author Fabián Pérez de Medina stands out on the life and miracles of San Blas, bishop martyr.

In this monument, some artistic values, such as a canvas of the resurrection of Lázaro, etc.

Cost of the entrance (Partial, only to this museum):

• Adult: S / 15 (Nuevos Soles)
• Student: S / 7.50 (Nuevos Soles)
• Hours: Monday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Cathedral of San Blas is part of the Archbishop’s Religious Circuit. This circuit shows visitors the splendor of the viceroyalty of Cusco and the Peruvian world. It is a privileged exhibition of Cuzco art composed of architecture, painting, sculpture, carving, and music. It combines the most diverse styles from the third decade of the sixteenth century, starting from the transition style, then mannerism, to travel through tenebrism, the baroque, the rococo, and ending with the neoclassical.

These magnificent works of art, guarded inside Cusco’s most important religious monuments, were carried out by European, indigenous, and mestizo masters. They reflect the encounter and clash of two cultures, their symbiosis, a fusion of ideas, and a double codification of values.

The museums of the religious circuit are The Cathedral of Cusco, Jesus Company Temple, Religious Art Museum, and San Blas Temple.

The fee to access all the museums that make up the circuit:

• Adults: S / 50.00 (Nuevos Soles)
• Student: S / 25.00 (Nuevos Soles)
• Domicile to buy the ticket: Room of the Holy Inquisition, Plaza de Armas, Cusco.
• Email: kondorpathtours@gmail.com

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