Santa Catalina Monastery

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Santa Catalina Monastery is a historic 16th-century convent complex in Arequipa, Peru, renowned for its vividly colored colonial architecture and maze-like streets that function as a “city within a city.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convent complex
historic site
monastery
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Mudéjar architecture
surface form: Mudejar style

Spanish colonial architecture
centuryOfConstruction 16th century
city Arequipa
cityWithinCityLayout maze-like streets
colorCharacteristic blue walls
red walls
vividly colored walls
white volcanic stone (sillar)
continent South America
country Peru
countryLocatedIn Peru
dedicatedTo Catherine of Siena
surface form: Saint Catherine of Siena
describedAs city within a city
function cloistered convent
governingBody Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasPart cells
chapels
cloisters
courtyards
fountains
narrow streets
plazas
heritageStatus part of Arequipa Historic Centre
inception 1579
locatedIn Arequipa
Arequipa Region
Southern Peru
materialUsed sillar
volcanic stone
namedAfter Catherine of Siena
surface form: Saint Catherine of Siena
nearbyGeographicalFeature Chachani volcano
Misti volcano
Pichu Pichu volcano
notableFeature rooftop views of surrounding volcanoes
secluded monastic quarters
openToPublic yes
primaryUse museum
religious site
region Arequipa Region
religion Roman Catholicism
tourismImportance major tourist attraction in Arequipa
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2000
UNESCOStatus within UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Arequipa

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Arequipa hasImportantSite Santa Catalina Monastery
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa hasPart Santa Catalina Monastery
this entity surface form: Monastery of Santa Catalina
Plaza de Armas of Arequipa hasNearbyAttraction Santa Catalina Monastery
this entity surface form: Monastery of Santa Catalina (Arequipa)