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The Church of San Francisco is a work finished by 1640 in the Historic Center of the city of Tunja, It is one of the 14 large colonial churches of the city.

Artistic content: At the end of the XVI century and principles of the XVII diverse images traveled from Seville to this church. One of them has been recently recovered after being in Quito

Two blocks north of Plaza de Bolívar, in the Temple and convent of San Francisco, you can admire works such as the painting of Santa Maria Magdalena, by the Italian Angelino Medoro; And the altars carved in wood by the master Pedro Caballero. This building, whose construction began in 1572, has columns and cornices of carved stone and capitals characteristic of Tuscan architecture.



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