Qualla: Museum of Congress and the Inquisition https://qualla.com/museum-of-congress-and-the-inquisition en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Museum of Congress and the Inquisition https://qualla.com/museum-of-congress-and-the-inquisition Museum of Congress and the Inquisition: Introduction https://qualla.com/museum-of-congress-and-the-inquisition/ The basement still has the cells. Beneath the formal rooms where Peru's congressional history is displayed, visitors descend into the vaulted chambers where the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition conducted its work for two and a half centuries. The building on Jiron Junin, next to the Plaza Bolivar in Lima's Barrios Altos neighborhood, served two masters separated by everything except address: first the Inquisition, then the Republic. Today it is the Museum of Congress and the Inquisition, and the juxtaposition is the point -- a single structure that held both the instruments of religious persecution and the archives of democratic governance.

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