Santo Domingo’s church and cloister

Religious | Inca

Type of construction Baroque church (1664-1689) transformed into a parish church in 1962. Important fact Host place of Dominican monks. Distinguishing elements Single nave plan divided into five sections and lateral chapels. Half vaulted ceiling. Stone façade with a rose window in the middle. The front door has two fluted pillars with Ionic capitals which support the entablature, with a niche that contains the image of the Virgin giving a rosary to Saint Domingo. The quadrangular cloister has seven basket arches on every side, supported by stone columns with Ionic capitals. Important works of art preserved Altarpieces of Gaspar Horns ‘s Virgin of the Rosary (16th century) and baroque altarpieces of the Virgin of the Rosary and of the Souls, by Sant Vicenç Ferrer (17th century)