{{refimprove|date=February 2023}} {{short description|Church and convent in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox monastery | name = Convent of Our Lady of the Angels | native_name = Convento de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles | native_name_lang = es | image = Convento de los Descalzos - panoramio.jpg | caption = | full = | other_names = Convento de los Descalzos | order = [[Franciscan]] | denomination = [[Catholic]] | established = 1595 | archdiocese = [[Archdiocese of Lima]] | heritage_designation = [[Cultural heritage of Peru|Cultural heritage of the Nation]] | designated_date = 1972 | architect = | style = [[Spanish Colonial architecture|Spanish Colonial]] | location = [[Lima]] | country = [[Peru]] | map_type = | coordinates = {{coord|-12.0336|-77.0245|type:landmark_region:PE|display=inline,title}} | oscoor = | remains = | public_access = | other_info = | website = }} The '''Convent of Our Lady of the Angels''' ({{langx|es|Convento de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles}}),<ref name=PUCP>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/labibliotecamarquense/2010/07/23/el-convento-de-los-descalzos-en-el-rimac/ |title=El Convento de los Descalzos en el Rímac |date=2010-07-23 |website=[[Blog PUCP]] |last=Gamarra Galindo |first=Marco}}</ref> commonly known as the '''''Iglesia y Convento de los Descalzos''''', is a [[Franciscan]] [[convent]] in [[Rímac District]], [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. It was declared a [[cultural heritage of Peru]] in 1972.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Relación de Monumentos Históricos del Perú |publisher=[[National Institute of Culture|Instituto Nacional de Cultura]] |year=1999 |location=Lima |pages=76 |language=es |url=https://repositorio.cultura.gob.pe/bitstream/handle/CULTURA/77/relacion%20de%20monumentos%20historicos.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref>
==History== Founded in 1595<ref name=PUCP/> by the [[Franciscan Order]]<ref name=ILAM>{{Cite web |url=https://ilamdir.org/recurso/4920/museo-del-convento-de-los-descalzos |title=Museo del Convento de los Descalzos |website=Fundacion ILAM}}</ref> and under the auspices of Archbishop [[Toribio de Mogrovejo]], on land donated by María de Valera and her son Luis Guillén, benefactors of the order,<ref name=PUCP/> the monastic complex is located in the historic district of Rímac at the foot of the {{ill|San Cristóbal Hill, Peru|es|Cerro San Cristóbal (Perú)|lt=San Cristóbal Hill}} and at the end of the [[Alameda de los Descalzos]], a promenade laid out in 1611 by order of the viceroy [[Juan de Mendoza y Luna]], {{ill|Marquess of Montesclaros|es|Marquesado de Montes Claros|lt=Marqués de Montesclaros}}, in order to facilitate and beautify the path to the convent. The local population nicknamed it the barefoot convent because of the sandals worn by the Franciscans.<ref name=PUCP/>
It has a simple and austere architecture, without decorations, with long corridors and rooms at different levels due to the inclination of the hill where it sits. The characteristics of its construction resemble it to a rural hacienda house.<ref name=ILAM/>
The Franciscan convent was an important evangelizing center from where the missionaries in charge of teaching Christian doctrine to the original peoples of the Peruvian highlands departed.<ref name=PUCP/>
On December 18, 1981, the Museo de los Descalzos was opened in its facilities. The relics of [[Francis Solanus|Francisco Solano]], [[Francis of Assisi|Francisco de Asís]] and [[Anthony of Padua|Antonio de Padua]] are exhibited, along with more than 300 canvases from the [[Cusco]], Lima and [[Quito]] school, and a library with more than 15,000 goatskin books from the 16th to the 20th centuries.<ref name=PUCP/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Lima landmarks}} [[Category:Alameda de los Descalzos]] [[Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Lima|Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles]] [[Category:Rímac District]]