Monasterio de Santa Catalina - Arequipa

            Il convento di Santa Catalina fu fondato nel  1580 sotto il Viceré di Toledo per ospitare le ragazze della nobiltà spagnola destinate, dalle loro famiglie, alla vita monastica di clausura.
Più che un semplice Monastero è una cittadella racchiusa da alte mura che ne assicurano il più totale isolamento.
E' stata pianificata  proprio come una piccola  città, con quartieri e strade su cui si affacciano le abitazioni della religiose, veri e propri appartamenti con diverse stanze e cortili privati,  in cui molte monache potevano ospitare anche la servitù.
Poiché tutte le monache provenivano da famiglie nobili e ricche gli edifici in cui erano ospitate dovevano rispecchiarne il rango e furono costruiti sul modello delle città spagnole, da cui anche le strade prendono il nome,.

Santa Catalina Convent was founded in 1580 under Viceroy of Toledo to house  the Spanish female nobility who was destined to become nuns by their family
Because of the nuns aristocratic background and the wealth of their families, the convent was built as a town into the town, surrounded by high  walls with streets named after Spanish cities and buildings painted in bright  ochre and blue colours.
   

Taken on: December 22, 2007

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