The San Francisco church is very popular.
And not just with pigeons, although that’s what all of the black lines are.
They covered every available surface.
The church and monastery were built between 1673 and 1774. The church honours St. Jude, who is very popular, and on the 28th of each month people line up to petition him for miracles. Because we were there on the 28th the line zigzagged across the entire courtyard, so we did not go inside the church.
However we did go inside the monastery, which has been converted into a museum. Pictures were not allowed inside, so these are taken from random rule breakers on the internet.
This is the last supper painting. Instead of European food it features the apostles eating guinea pig, potatoes and chilis. And in Jesus’s hand that might be an empanada.
In the large spot below there used to be a statue of the Virgin Mary. But somewhere along the way they decided she shouldn’t have the central spot, so they replaced the head and hands of the statue. But only the head and hands. So it now features Jesus, wearing a flowered dress.
We also visited the catacombs, which were used until 1943 and contain about 25,000 bodies. Many of the bones are artistically arranged.
