2024

CATEDRAL DE PUNO

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
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Built in the 18th century, in a superb mixed baroque style that flourished in the Andean South. The pink stone façade is a festival of Christian (Spanish) and indigenous (Peruvian) motifs: the Sun has an appointment with the Moon and mermaids play the charango. Astonishing. The interior, where the gold leaf gilding shines, does not reach the level of madness of the façade. Its silver-covered altar is surprising, however. One can find here candles for the nights on the Lake Islands without electricity.

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