Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-02-27

"HE traveller in South America
who studies the various fea-
lures of the history of that con-
tinent, the life of colonial times
and that which followed it as the ma
tional life of the separate coun-
tries, soon discovers that there
is a well-defned line of demarca-
ton between that time when the
people borrowed their artistic in
SEPARATION from the traditional sources
in Europe and that later time
when local influences began to be felt
and when the continent developed its
own artistic sense that demanded some
original expression. This statement
applies to the industries that were
first brought over from Europe across
the Atlantic; it is true of the social
life and of education in all the re-
publics of the southern continent mani
Testing characteristics which are pc
culiarly their own; it is likewise true
of municipal and governmental affairs,
and finally in regard to the construc-
ton of their buildings, especially of
the architecture ecclesiastical edifices
of the diocesan capitals, says the
French edition of the Bulletin of the
Pan-American union. AS an exam
pie of the colonial epoch in church
architecture the cathedral of Lima Of
fers a good illustration. That coun-
try has one archbishopric, that of
Lima, eight dependent bishoprics, viz,
Arequipa, Huanuco, Chachapoyas,
Ayacucho, Puno Trujillo, Cuzco, and
Huaraz.
In connection with the name of
Lima two characters will always be in
timately associated with its historic
memories; Pizarro, the intrepid cou-
Queror, whose remains rest in the ca
thedral whose corner stone he laid,
who founded the capital and gave 1t
the name of La Ciudad de los Reyes
(the city of the kings); and second
a young girl who renounced a life of
social ease and pleasure and became
renowned for her piety, a renown
which resulted in her canonization by
Pope Clement TX in 1871 under the
name of Saint Rosa of Lima, the pa
iron saint of the capital city as well as
of all Catholic South America.
1t was Pizarro who laid the plans
for the imperial city, including the
erection of great metropolitan
church. 1t was not finished and dedi-
| Gated until 1910. and it was at the re-
quest of Charles v of Spain that Pope
Paul III raised the see of Lima to an
archbishopric. AS a consequence 1t
was determined to rebuild the edifice,
| and the work was started under auspi-
cious circumstances. Owing to vari-
Gus Interruptions, changes of plans,
| and other delays the building was not
| finished until 1925. Not long after the
conservation of the cathedral, by or
der of the Spanish viceroy, the mortal
remains of the great conquistador were
| transferred to the edifice and now rest
in a splendid sarcophagus in one of
the chapels.
In 1746 an earthquake made mass
| of ruins of the city of Lima, the ca
| thedral being among the buildings Sc
riously damaged. In 1853 1t was finally
| completely restored. The building is
of gray stone. and is the largest of
the old Spanish ecclesiastical edifices
of South America. The facade is 4S0
feet wide, the browning feature of the
building being its two massive square
towers. The many columns and archi-
tectural decorations are for the most
| part Corinthian in style; it has five
naves, each consisting of nine arched
vaults, the two aisles being formed of
ten chapels. The choir and stalls
are of cedar and mahogany and
are ornamented with remarkably
fine wood carving, while among
the treasures of the church are to be
found some excellent paintings, among
them being fine MurilIo and one OF
Rembrandt's masterpieces.
|. ArequiPa Cathedral Is Old.
Among the cathedrals of Peru that
of Arequipa is one of the oldest and
most interesting. The city was raised
to a bishopric in 1857 and the cree