Museum of the Recoleta convent — Attraction in Municipio Sucre

you pay and than you run :)) my experience: i waited 30 minutes for the guide to finish another tour and our tour was 40 minutes! we were at least 10 people and the guide was asking "is everyone here?" and she start talking, even tho we weren't there. a guy from the tour asked the girl to go a little bit slower but she answered very fussy. basically you have to listen what the guide is saying and move on very fast - you don't have time to read other things! listen and move on :) *i have to say that we started 4 people and than on our way we waited for others cuz she was going back to take them from the main gate and explain everything in the way :) so basically was a 30 minutes tour **price tickets: 15bs residence,...

We had a very pleasant walk from the Central Plaza through winding streets with very historic houses until we reached this Museum of the Recoleta Convent. It is certainly a historical and cultural place, established in 1601 by the Franciscan Order. It has served as a convent, barracks, and prison over its 400-year history. The museum features an impressive collection of religious art, sculptures, and paintings spanning the 16th to 20th centuries, as well as unique wooden carvings in the church choir. When we visited photography inside was restricted. However, the view from the hill is fantastic giving panoramic...

El Museo de la Recoleta lleva el nombre de la tradicional zona la “Recoleta” donde está ubicado, fue creado y organizado por el Padre David Perez y lleva el nombre del sacerdote Leonardo Ibáñez y la colaboración de algunos religiosos de la orden de los franciscanos que custodian dicho museo. El mismo se encuentra en el convento del mismo nombre y expone en doce salas de exposición, obras de arte de los siglos XVI, XVII, y XVIII, en su mayoría de autores anónimos, Se distinguen principalmente las escuelas quiteñas, cuzqueñas y altas peruana. En el convento también se encuentra un árbol de cedro milenario, declarado monumento nacional y considerado en la época prehispánica un tótem. En uno de sus claustros se encuentra la biblioteca Fray Mamerto Esquiú, repositorio de una de las colecciones más antiguas de libros de...