Museo y Catacumbas del Convento de San Francisco de Asís de Cusco — Attraction in Distrito de Cusco

Worth visiting. Less impressive than the nearby religious buildings. No photography allowed on the paintings and exhibits. Some of the damaged ceiling woodcarvings and painting details are replaced by simpler and more basic ones, devoid of architectural details. What it lacked from architectural details it made up for in its collections of large religious painting panels. It boast to have the largest canvass painting in south america Some of the flooring are painted in red rubberized paint. It has a couple of crypts. Has a nice courtyard with a giant tree...

The museum is nice especially if you like 17th century religious themed art and colonial Spanish architecture. The catacombs disappointed me as there are only two small rooms with some rich families’ bones, not even nearly comparable to the catacombs of San Francisco convent in Lima, Peru which is so impressive. Other than that, visiting the bell tower and the rooftop was totally worth 5 soles. It was 20 soles for an entrance ticket for foreigners which includes a guided tour of 1 hour in Spanish, no tours...

What a gem! We really lucked out with Ricardo who helped us as tour guide despite our lack of Spanish, with help with Google translate. He was very knowledgeable and we learned that 2 of the crypts belonged to family of Salcedo, which was benefactor of San Franciscan order, and the first orders of San Franciscan church of Cusco (hope I understood this correctly). Learned bits of history and this place is full of lots of ancient...