Lima - Church of Las Nazarenas

(Local Name: Iglesia de Las Nazarenas) Inglesia de Las Nazarenas (Church of the Nazarenas) has a unique history. This area was once inhabited by freed black slaves and was little more than a shanty town. An ex-slave painted a mural of the crucifixion of Christ on the side of a wall, known as El Señor de los Milagros. In 1655 an earthquake leveled most of this area but left the wall in tact. It was regarded as a miracle and Inglesia de Las Nazarenas was built around the wall which contained the image.

An oil replica is now mounted on this wall which stands behind the altar. Each year on October 18, during the El Señor de los Milagros festival, the painting is paraded through the streets with a procession