Red Wall of Silence, Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa, Peru
Photo of the Week - 06/22/2008
The Monastery of Santa Catalina in Arequipa, Peru is not a single building but many within a complex of 20,000 square meters that was home for Dominican nuns for centuries. Opened to the public in 1970, this religious community is one of the finest examples of colonial architecture, art and life in a city within a city.
Silencio, written over the tiled archway, reminds us that this was a place of peace and contemplation. Here the nuns walked, saying the Rosary and reading their Bibles, in silence.
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Photo displayed with the kind permission of Anna Maj Michelson.
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