Monasterio de Santa Rosa de Lima, Dominican monastery in historic center, Peru

The Monasterio de Santa Rosa de Lima, also called Santa Rosa de las Monjas, is made up of a church and a monastery built in the 17th and 18th centuries beside the house where Saint Rose of Lima lived and died. Inside, the room where she spent her last three months, dying on 24 August 1617, is kept as a small chapel.

The monastery was built during the 17th and 18th centuries and received official recognition through a Royal Decree from King Philip V of Spain in 1704. This approval solidified its status as an important religious center in the colonial city.

The monastery preserves the room where Saint Rose of Lima, the first canonized saint of the Americas, spent her final days in 1617. This space remains a center of devotion, drawing the faithful who come to connect with her spiritual legacy.

Visitors can move freely through the gardens and chapels to explore the displayed works at their own pace. The complex is easily accessible on foot and the various areas are well marked, making it simple for first-time visitors to navigate.

The monastery holds 14 nuns with solemn vows, not 22. Its church also keeps a replica of the Infant Jesus of Bethlehem, brought to Peru around 1950 by Monsignor León Buenaventura Uriarte Bengoa and known as "Narcisito".