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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: October 31, 2015
Caption: The Del Carmen Convent
Additional Description: The ex-Convent del Carmen is directly across the street from the marker and the Del Carmen Plaza and is now the Del Carmen Museum, specializing in colonial era art.
The inscription on the cross's base mentions that the cross is from the 17th century and was part of the convent and church's original construction. It was moved to this location on September 8, 1909 as a way to preserve it as a monument to antiquity.
Submitted: December 2, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p340720
File Size: 1.784 Megabytes

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