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Hidden within the Santa Catalina Monastery complex, this colonial library preserves rare religious texts and manuscripts from Peru's Spanish colonial period. The collection includes beautifully illuminated choir books and early printed works brought from Spain. The atmospheric reading room with original furnishings offers intimate access to South American bibliographic history.
A colonial-era Franciscan library within a monastery containing 20,000 antique books and manuscripts, some dating to the 15th century.
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