Iglesia de San Francisco

Lonely Planet review

This church and monastery dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, is more austere than many of Cuzco's other churches, but it does have a large collection of colonial religious paintings and a well-carved cedar choir. One of the paintings measures 9m x 12m (supposedly the largest painting in South America) and shows the family tree of St Francis of Assisi, the founder of the order. His life is celebrated in the paintings hung around the colonial cloister.

Also of macabre interest are the two crypts, which are not totally underground. Inside are plenty of human bones, some of which have been carefully arranged in designs meant to remind visitors of the transitory nature of life.