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Cusco School

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Cusco School
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“The Cusco school or Cuzco school, was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition based in Cusco, Peru during the Colonial period, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was not limited to Cusco only, but spread to other cities in the Andes, as well as to present day Ecuador and Bolivia.”
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Atlas ObscuraDec 18, 2025

Convento de Santa Rosa de Ocopa in Peru

In 1725 the Franciscans founded the Santa Rosa convent as a school for missionaries with a focus on converting the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. At the height of its influence around 1800 the convent served over 70 parishes and missions over a vast swath of South America, and practically every mission into the Peruvian Amazon started from the school. In 1824 Simon Bolivar took the school, c…

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  • Convento de Santa Rosa de OcopaPlace of worshipFounded as a missionary school in 1725
  • Cusco SchoolPlaceIt was not limited to Cusco only, but spread to other cities in the Andes, as well as to present day Ecuador and…
  • AmazonNeighborhoodMissions into Peruvian Amazon started here
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