San Francisco Church and Convent
The Franciscan temple of Salta, with its emblematic bell tower and intense terracotta colors, constitutes a whole cultural complex with a museum of sacred art, library and archive.
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Over the transept rises the central dome on pendentives and drum, built in the eighteenth century, which is considered the "little sister" of the famous Cathedral of Cordoba, both made by Fray Vicente Muñoz. The decoration of the dome is the work of Father Luis Giorgi.
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The Franciscan temple of Salta, with its emblematic bell tower and intense terracotta colors, constitutes a whole cultural complex with a museum of sacred art, library and archive.