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Museum of Congress and the Inquisition

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The Museum of Congress and the Inquisition (Museo del Congreso y la inquisición), also known as the Monumental Museum of the Inquisition and Congress (Museo Monumental de la Inquisición y del Congreso), is a museum located at the former headquarters of the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. Located at the fifth block of Jirón Junín, next to the Plaza Bolívar, it is dedicated to the histories of both the Tribunal and the Congress of Peru.

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