Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken, Lima

The Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken and Saint Joseph (Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados y San José), known commonly as the Church of the Forsaken (Iglesia de los Desamparados), is a Catholic church located at the 12th block of Venezuela Avenue in Breña, Lima, Peru. The current building is the successor of the church built between 1669 and 1671, formerly located at the first block of Jirón Áncash. The original building dated back to the Viceroyalty of Peru, having been built by the Jesuits in a baroque style. Following a series of earthquakes, its façade was modified in 1897, with a neoclassical look being chosen instead by the wife of then president Nicolás de Piérola. It was eventually demolished in 1937 to make way for the construction of the posterior garden of the new Government Palace.

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