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    • Day 5
    • Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 2:05 PM
    • ⛅ 21 °C
    • Altitude: 3,347 m
    • PeruCusco13°31’40” S  71°57’52” W

    Monastery of Saint Catherine of Siena

    October 10, 2017 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    During the Inca times, this house was occupied by the 'Aqllawasi' which means in Quechua: House of the chosen maids.

    Women got chosen all over the Inca empire, by their beauty, to stay in this building and not have any contact with men.

    When the Spanish came to Peru, they called them 'nuns'
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