Iglesia de San Francisco & Catacombs

This stunning Baroque church transports you into Lima's colonial past with its ornate wooden altars, brilliant azulejo tiles, and serene cloisters that feel suspended from the modern city above. Beneath your feet lie the haunting catacombs, an underground ossuary where thousands of residents were buried centuries ago, with bones arranged in haunting geometric patterns that tell stories of the city's history. The contrast between the sacred beauty upstairs and the sobering reminder of mortality below creates a profoundly moving experience.