Church of the Society of Jesus, Cusco

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The Church of the Society of Jesus in Cusco is a prominent 16th-century Baroque Jesuit church renowned for its ornate façade and richly decorated interior, standing as one of the most important colonial monuments in Peru.

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Label Occurrences
Church of the Society of Jesus, Cusco canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque church ⓘ
Jesuit church ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
cultural heritage monument ⓘ
affiliation Society of Jesus ⓘ
architecturalStyle Andean Baroque ⓘ
Baroque ⓘ
builtOn site of the palace of Inca ruler Huayna Capac ⓘ
constructionStart 16th century ⓘ
contains altarpieces covered in gold leaf ⓘ
colonial paintings ⓘ
sculptures of saints ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
dedicatedTo Jesus Christ ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
era Spanish colonial period ⓘ
function place of worship ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasArtStyle Cusco School painting ⓘ
linked to: Andean Baroque
hasPart bell towers ⓘ
façade with Solomonic columns ⓘ
high altar ⓘ
main nave ⓘ
sacristy ⓘ
side chapels ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO criterion (iii) ⓘ
UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site City of Cuzco ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
Cusco ⓘ
Cusco Region ⓘ
locatedNear Archbishop’s Palace of Cusco ⓘ
Cusco Cathedral ⓘ
locatedOn Plaza de Armas of Cusco ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableFor elaborate main altar ⓘ
ornate Baroque façade ⓘ
richly decorated interior ⓘ
operator Society of Jesus ⓘ
region Southern Peru ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significance major example of Andean Baroque architecture ⓘ
one of the most important colonial monuments in Peru ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite City of Cuzco ⓘ
linked to: Cusco
usedFor Catholic liturgy ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic Centre of Cusco → hasLandmark → Church of the Society of Jesus, Cusco ⓘ
subject linked to: historic centre of Cusco
Plaza de Armas of Cusco → hasPart → Church of the Society of Jesus, Cusco ⓘ
City of Cuzco World Heritage Site → contains → Church of the Society of Jesus, Cusco ⓘ