Iglesia y monasterio de Santa Teresa, Carmelite monastery and church in central Cuzco, Peru.

The Church and Monastery of Santa Teresa is a religious building in central Cusco that combines Baroque features with regional construction methods. The structure displays intricate stone walls, decorated altarpieces, and a prominent central dome at the intersection of its interior spaces.

The land was part of the Casa Silva, built by conquistador Diego de Silva y Guzmán; in 1661 Captain Antonio de Zea, a knight of the Order of Santiago, bought it and gave the lower part beside the Saphy river to the Discalced Carmelites. The convent was installed in the Casa Silva and church construction began on 9 March 1673; the first nuns arrived that October. Bishop Manuel de Mollinedo blessed the finished church on 15 October 1676, and in 1703 nuns left this house to found the Santa Teresa monastery in Arequipa.

The church preserves a series of fifteen canvases on the Life of Saint Teresa of Jesus by José Espinoza de los Monteros, framed in gilded baroque frames. The lower choir grille, defended by six hundred iron spikes, and the upper choir with Mudejar-inspired latticework are where the nuns' chants are heard during Mass.

The building sits at the intersection of Saphi and Siete Cuartones streets in central Cusco and is easy to reach on foot. Guided tours show the spaces and religious objects, so checking opening times beforehand is helpful.

At the corner where Saphy and Siete Cuartones meet, the convent preserves a carved wooden balcony in ajimez, a divided twin-arch window. It may be a remnant of the Casa Silva, the house the conquistador Diego de Silva y Guzmán built on this plot before the Carmelites arrived.